From: "Florian Groß" <florgro@...>
Date: 2005-08-18T06:49:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Prototype-based / Ruby question

Eric Mahurin wrote:

> The biggest problem I have with being able to add/remove/modify
> methods of an object (using a meta class or directly in the
> object's class) is the future of optimization in Ruby.  Adding
> methods may not cause too much of an issue, but modifying them
> sure could.

"Researchers seeking to improve performance should improve their 
compilers instead of compromising their languages."

-- An Efficient Implementation of SELF, a Dynamically-Typed 
Object-Oriented Language Based on Prototypes, July 1989