From: Steven Jenkins <steven.jenkins@...>
Date: 2004-10-10T03:24:02+09:00
Subject: Re: ANN: Free-form-operators patch

trans. (T. Onoma) wrote:
> Yet, I know some people, like yourself, feel this way about ruby-talk. So I 
> have tried multiple times to get a separate mailing list invigorated for this 
> very purpose. But none of the major players will back it, and as long as that 
> is the case it just won't fly, and these discussions _will_ continue here. I 
> can only assume that the Ruby community is just to small to support the 
> division of lists.

For the record, I'm not saying such discussions are out of place, nor 
suggesting they be taken elsewhere. I've been reading Usenet and its 
descendants since 1984, and I know it's a lot easier to ignore stuff you 
don't like (or don't approve of) than to add a layer of meta-argument 
about whether you ought to be having the argument.

I'm just trying to encourage more discussion of hacking *in* Ruby, as 
opposed to hacking *on* Ruby.

Steve