From: jweirich@... Date: 2001-10-27T05:53:54+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:23530] Principle of Least Surprise >>>>> "Raja" == Raja S writes: Raja> The design of Ruby is based on the principle of least Raja> surprise. But the catch is that occasionally one may need Raja> to know the principles of Ruby in order not to be surprised. At the Ruby Conference, Matz joked that the Principle of Least Surprise is often misunderstood ... it only applies to what least surprises _him_. I guess everyone else just needs to align themselves with Matz's sense of surprise. -- -- Jim Weirich jweirich@one.net http://w3.one.net/~jweirich --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it." -- Donald Knuth (in a memo to Peter van Emde Boas)