From: transfire@... Date: 2006-06-14T22:11:22+09:00 Subject: Re: Cut-based AOP Austin Ziegler wrote: > On 6/13/06, Ruby Newbie wrote: > > Curious about AOP in Ruby, I've downloaded the Cut patch for 1.8.3, > > installed gperf, and am trying to understand a few things. But - the Cut > > RCR thread appears to have died. From comments about the RCR, the voting > > appears to be positive - something like 10 votes for and 2 against. Not > > being familiar with the RCR process - is Cut going to see the light of day? > > Has another AOP RCR or library been proposed which has captured mind share > > bringing a premature end to Cut? Are the majority of Ruby developers > > seeking to use AOP satisfied with aspectr? > > I have yet to need AOP in Ruby. Of any sort. Well, saying that is sort-of like programming Turbo Pascal in the 80's and saying "I have yet to need OOP". AOP is not just a little side utility, it's a whole new angle on coding. Have a look at this: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2003-November/193337.html T.