From: Charles Hixson <charleshixsn@...>
Date: 2004-10-09T05:41:30+09:00
Subject: Re: ANN: Free-form-operators patch

Hal Fulton wrote:

> ...I stand by the abstraction: A sufficiently open system can be 
> turned against
> itself to undermine that openness.
>
> There are millions of ways to concretize that abstraction, but most of 
> those
> are otherwise unrelated to each other, and they range from the 
> momentous to
> the inconsequential. I have no reason and no desire to compare you to 
> a terrorist
> or any other form of criminal.
>
> If you don't believe there is such a thing as "too much flexibility," 
> then we
> will have to agree to disagree.
>
> Cheers,
> Hal

OK.  I will counter with the assertion that any system which centralizes 
power will find the power turned to the benefit of those occupying the 
positions of power, irrespective of the reasons for which the power was 
centralized.

Ruby should be and remain open.