From: Giles Bowkett <gilesb@...>
Date: 2006-10-03T02:26:10+09:00
Subject: Re: "Succinctness is Power", by Paul Graham

The observation that C++ is a destructor is inaccurate. C++ is THE
destructor. (As in, "Are you the gatekeeper?")

I think they used YAML for the DB config in Rails because it was easy
to do and libraries already existed. I'm not surprised to hear that
they might make it all Ruby, although I don't actually remember
hearing that.

I think the statements sourcing Paul Graham in the Scheme school of
Lisp fanatics is probably inaccurate. He wrote a book on Common Lisp,
and most of the examples in his other Lisp book are in Common Lisp as
well, with only a few in Scheme.

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Giles Bowkett
http://www.gilesgoatboy.org