From: David Mitchell Date: 2005-04-20T12:44:14+09:00 Subject: Re: [EVALUATION] - E03c - The Ruby Object Model (Revised Documentation) Let me see how closely I can predict Ilias's answer. Please note, this is a parody. I'm just taking the piss. (OT: Please don't pull me up for the apostrophe I have put in Ilias's name, some camps consider it correct, others don't, it's not hugely important). Mark Smith wrote: > Do you not know what "Object" is in Ruby? of course > And you are trying to create > a model to correct what was designed by Matz--the creator of Ruby? clarify and to correct existing documentation > Please, stop trying to compare Ruby to your "fictive language" until you > first read the Ruby documentation. irrelevant > ri Object states . . . [snip] obvious > Does your [EVALUATION] have a purpose? yes > Is there an audience for it? Or are you just doing this as an exercise? yes > Many others have suggested material you could read to understand Ruby > better. They've suggested that you write some code to see how Ruby > really works. Instead, you expend abundant amounts of time and energy > trying to get others to review your material, and then dismiss honest > attempts to help you learn what you do not know. if that is what you call the type of confrontational behaviour I have come to expect from this list > Read the Ruby documentation, and evaluate your own "evaluation"--or else > just give up and try to create a "fictive" model of assembly language. case in point -- David Mitchell Software Engineer Telogis NOTICE: This message (including any attachments) contains CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited.