From: Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@...>
Date: 2006-08-12T03:48:06+09:00
Subject: Re: nonce

dblack@wobblini.net writes:

> Hi --
>
> On Sat, 12 Aug 2006, Bill Kelly wrote:
>
>> From: <dblack@wobblini.net>
>>> My main problem with "eigenclass" is that it's in German, whereas
>>> everything else in Ruby is in English.
>>
>> Gesundheit.
>> Umlaut.
>> Zeitgeist.
>> Wunderkind.
>> uber-...
>> Strafe.
>> Spiel.
>> Schadenfreude.
>> Poltergeist.
>> Gestalt.
>> Doppelganger.
>> Blitz.
>> Angst.
>> Kindergarten.
>>
>>
>> What is "English" anyway?  Most of our words came from _some_ other
>> langauage.  Would you be suggesting only anglo-saxon derived words
>> are appropriate for Ruby?   :-)
>
> I'm suggesting that "eigenclass" sounds affected and a little silly to
> me, and out of place in Ruby.

�berclass!

> David

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