From: dblack@... Date: 2005-12-14T12:00:51+09:00 Subject: Re: About class methods Hi -- On Wed, 14 Dec 2005, jonathan leonard wrote: > Dave Howell wrote: >> If 'simpleton' and 'singleton' are equally applicable to either of two >> different cases, as somebody suggested earlier, then these will lead >> people to *think* they know what will happen, but there's a 50/50 >> chance that it will be the other. So that's not a good thing. > > Well, I think 'simpleton' and 'singleton' are synonymous terms (about > 98% sure of that if this were a lifeline). But, the problem would > remain if singleton isn't a good fit to begin with. I actually think > singleton is a good fit and therefore so is simpleton. > I think you're laboring under a misunderstanding. Please see http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=simpleton David -- David A. Black dblack@wobblini.net "Ruby for Rails", forthcoming from Manning Publications, April 2006!