From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2006-10-27T23:54:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Design Principles

Reid Thompson wrote:
> Joel VanderWerf wrote:
...
>> But even 'ARGF.each{|line| print line}' is a lot shorter than 50 lines 
>> of C!
>>
> :) but how many lines of C are hidden behind that  'ARGF.each{|line| 
> print line}'

For that matter, how many machine instructions behind those 50 lines of 
C, and how many femto-turtles carrying out those instructions, and so on 
all the way down?

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