From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2006-07-27T03:24:06+09:00
Subject: Re: I'll have the duck!

ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote:
> 
> even though we all know the duck typing that can be named is not the 
> real duck
> typing.
> 
> sorry, couldn't resist ;-)

Haha... well, if you can quote Lao Tzu, I can quote
Confucius. I ran across this quote from him last
year (no kidding) and it reminded me of duck typing:

"If an urn does not have the properties of an urn,
can it truly be said to be an urn?"

Shades of Plato, actually...


Hal