From: Navindra Umanee <navindra@...>
Date: 2005-01-30T03:51:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Ten Things Every Java Programmer Should Know About Ruby

PA <petite.abeille@gmail.com> wrote:
> > This looks more like Java than Ruby...  I don't see your point.
> 
> Sorry. Forgot to reboot in Ruby mode:
> 
> aMethodExceptingToFlyABirdButGivenAPigInstead( aPig )
> 
> And what would happen to this mythical flying pig now? aPig.fly()? 
> EXC_BAD_ACCESS (aka method_missing).

Right.  So aPig.fly() would work if method_missing() was defined or if
a method Pig.fly() happened to be defined as an alias for
Pig.eat_fly().

In Java, on the other hand, you would clearly get the advantage that
you seek here.

Cheers,
Navin.