From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2006-01-09T07:25:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Ideas on "Why Living Dangerous can be A Good Thing" in Ruby?

On 1/8/06, dblack@wobblini.net <dblack@wobblini.net> wrote:
> Hi --
>
> On Mon, 9 Jan 2006, Gregory Brown wrote:
>
> > How can I best rephrase, rewrite, etc the definition to show that
> > reflection is a key tool for doing manipulation, not something that
> > does manipulation itself?
>
> I still don't have what I consider a complete fix on what we
> collectively mean by metaprogramming, but I think I'd say that Ruby's
> R&I facilities are preconditions of, or create a hospitable
> environment for, metaprogrammming techniques.

Agreed. It's what makes us barbers instead of butchers, a nice big mirror :)