From: "trans." <tsawyer@...>
Date: 2005-01-20T08:36:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Let's go Ape! Monkey typing]

Very interesting article thank you!

Slithers are not the only ones who can monkey around ;-)

<pre>

class Duck
def walk
puts "walk, walk"
end
def to_duck
self
end
end

class Mallard
def waddle
puts "waddle, waddle"
end
def to_duck
class << self
def walk
waddle
end
end
self
end
end

def duckmoto(d,k=d.to_duck)
k.walk
end

d = Duck.new
m = Mallard.new

duckmoto(d)
duckmoto(m)

</pre>

This seems very close to what is being described as "monkey typing".
Obviously there are few missing features and a couple caveats to the
interface here, but they should be easy enough to tackle if this was
thought a good idea.

But I don't know if I'm prepared for "monkey" terminology. Bars,
Barrells, and Wrenches suddenly come to mind. And after all, we just
got a real duck of our own (Mr. Type) a few weeks ago! Hmm... I suppose
they can be friends. Friends are nice. But I worry how his shoulder
horse might feel about these new arrangements ;-)

T.