From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2006-08-12T02:54:38+09:00
Subject: Re: nonce

On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 01:52:54AM +0900, gwtmp01@mac.com wrote:
> 
> On Aug 11, 2006, at 8:17 AM, dblack@wobblini.net wrote:
> >>Same here. Also "nonce word". And I agree, it carries the wrong
> >>connotations for the singleton class, whereas "eigenclass" seems  
> >>to me
> >>to be just about perfect, both in literal meaning and connotations.
> >
> >My main problem with "eigenclass" is that it's in German, whereas
> >everything else in Ruby is in English.
> 
> Hmm.  What about 'lambda'?

I was about to complain about the overlap with other, more common uses
of the term in computer science, but considering the way Ruby uses
"block" I guess it's not that big a deal for Ruby.  I'm already confused
about how to refer to some things, anyway.

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