From: Rob Sanheim <rsanheim@...>
Date: 2007-03-15T12:35:12+09:00
Subject: Re: java guilt

On 3/14/07, James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
> On Mar 14, 2007, at 9:06 PM, Rob Sanheim wrote:
>
> > On 3/14/07, Giles Bowkett <gilesb@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I just solved a problem by adding an instance method to String.
> >>
> >> It makes for very elegant code elsewhere within the application.
> >>
> >> Yet I can't shake the feeling I've done something dirty.
> >>
> >> I think there needs to be a group like "Recovering Java Programmers
> >> Anonymous" or somehting.
> >
> > I worked in Java for 5+ years, and am coming up on my one year
> > anniversary on working in Ruby professionally.  I *still* think adding
> > methods to core classes should be done very selectively, and only in
> > cases where that method is truly useful in a wide variety of contexts.
>
> ...and...
>
> > Note that I"m speaking of a larger Rails project with multiple
> > distributed developers - if its just you and a small side project then
> > hack up the core classes all you want.  =)
>
> There's quite a bit of irony here my friend.  Rails ads a good size
> number of methods to the core Ruby classes.  ;)
>
> James Edward Gray II

True - and some of the things ActiveSupport adds are things I wouldn't
add myself, had I built Rails :).  I think most of the extensions make
sense, given the type of applications Rails are targeting.

- Rob