From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2005-12-20T06:59:15+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby-dev summary 27761-28026

On Tue, 20 Dec 2005, Eric Hodel wrote:

>> YAGN what? GC.always or an options hash?
>
> Somebody needs GC.always to help with debugging.  The options hash falls 
> under YAGNI.

i disagree.  this thread shows that, had the original interface been option
based, we'd not need a new one.  i know the theory, but consider how difficult
it is to convince matz of a good name - minimizing names minimizes the
convincing.

-a
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