From: Alan Garrison <alang@...>
Date: 2007-05-11T05:21:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Defending Ruby's OOP

Gregory Brown wrote:
> On 5/10/07, Giles Bowkett <gilesb@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Tell him to find a more substantial argument. That's the lamest 
>> complaint I
>> > think I've ever heard about Ruby or dynamic languages in general.
>> >
>> > Or better yet, tell him to design a language that has "if" "unless" 
>> etc as
>> > objects and see where that goes. What does having if/unless as 
>> objects even
>> > mean?
>>
>> It's like saying the car is inferior to the horse because you can't
>> feed the car oats.
>
> I'm patiently waiting for the Oatsmobile.
>
>
I certanly dig my Toyoata.