From: "Ara.T.Howard" <ahoward@...>
Date: 2004-05-14T12:53:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Rite implementation in C++? (Objective C?)

On Thu, 13 May 2004, Ara.T.Howard wrote:

> On Fri, 14 May 2004, Hal Fulton wrote:
> 
> > Michael campbell wrote:
> > > Jim Freeze wrote:
> > > 
> > >> Matz has also said that you shouldn't write an OO language in an OO
> > >> language.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Why not?
> > 
> > I think it had something to do with the mismatch between the languages.
> > Confusion between Ruby objects and C++ objects (which work differently)
> > and all that.
> > 
> > Easier to describe an OO language like Ruby procedurally. But IANYM.
> 
> 
> 'IANYM'.gsub /.*/, ??

forgive the self reply - just got it - too funny.


-a
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