From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2007-03-21T11:11:53+09:00
Subject: Re: does Ruby not support multiple "initialize" methods for a class???

On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 10:36:05AM +0900, Daniel Berger wrote:
> 
> Not true. Perl 6 will have optional static typing [1]. Sydney faked it 
> with a Behavior you could import (that used the parser to handle it, not 
> a compile time step, IIRC).
> 
> It's possible. The question is whether or not it's desirable. I vote 
> yes, others say no, and still others are in favor of some sort of type 
> inferencing. It's been brought up before - you can search the archives. :)

I'm a fan of Ruby's dynamic typing.  When I want type inference, I use
OCaml instead.  My thought is not that I should have one language that
does everything, but that each language I have available is optimally
useful for the tasks in which I choose to employ it.

That being said . . . I'm not saying we should necessarily have
overloading in Ruby.  I just wonder if there might be another way to
solve the same problem without having to resort to development patterns
to "work around" a lack of easy functionality.  I'm not entirely sold on
the idea that there's enough "working around" to bother in this case,
but there might be.

Thus, my question.

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