From: Daniel Schierbeck <daniel.schierbeck@...>
Date: 2007-01-25T21:48:04+09:00
Subject: Re: New Singleton Class Word-of-the-Month ;-)

On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 02:53 +0900, Trans wrote:
> This months word:
> 
>   quin揃tes揃sence
> 
> >From Merriam-Webster:
> 
>   Main Entry: quin揃tes揃sence
>   Pronunciation: kwin-'te-s&n(t)s
>   Function: noun
>   Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French quinte essence, from
> Medieval Latin quinta essentia, literally, fifth essence
>   1 : the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy
> that permeates all nature and is the substance composing
>    the celestial bodies
>   2 : the essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form
>   3 : the most typical example or representative <the quintessence of
> calm>
>   - quin揃tes揃sen揃tial /"kwin-t&-'sen(t)-sh&l/ adjective
>   - quin揃tes揃sen揃tial揃ly adverb
> 
> Seriously though, what was the concensus (and matz your take) on Dave
> Thomas' idea, and the related term #customization and the #customize
> method?
> 
> Thanks,
> T.

Perhaps a bit too long, although it's more concise than `class << self;
self; end'. I quite favor `behavior', since that's really what it is; a
container for an object's behavior.


Cheers,
Daniel Schierbeck