From: Markus <markus@...>
Date: 2004-10-10T06:32:06+09:00
Subject: Re: ANN: Free-form-operators patch

On Sat, 2004-10-09 at 11:24, Steven Jenkins wrote:
> 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.

     *smile*  I tried to join ruby-dev, first, but the list appears to
be closed.  I was assured by several people that this was the place for
such discussions, and that attempts to start a separate list for people
uninterested in such issues had met with little or no success.  Maybe we
could have an honor system, e.g. agree to put "(dev)" in the subject of
such threads, so that those who don't like them can filter them?

-- Markus