From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2006-07-27T19:29:23+09:00
Subject: Re: I'll have the duck!

On 7/26/06, Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> wrote:
> 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?"

To which, of course, the answer is "no, it hasn't urned the right"

martin