From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2000-02-12T07:52:31-06:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:01312] Re: Draft of the updated Ruby FAQ

"Conrad Schneiker" <schneiker@jump.net> writes:

> From: Conrad Schneiker <schneiker@jump.net>
> 
> > I think that "1.9 Which is correct, Ruby or ruby?" needs to additionally
> > include and describe a third name, "Ruby!", since Ruby is our method for
> > changing the programming world for the better, right?
> 
> I forgot to mention that I think it would be better to designate
> "destructive methods" as "change methods" or "replacement methods".

I must admit I don;t like 'destructive' either. I think some languages 
call them 'mutators'.


Group?

Dave