From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2007-05-11T16:10:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Defending Ruby's OOP


On May 11, 2007, at 4:04 PM, Enrique Comba Riepenhausen wrote:

>> On 10.05.2007 21:51, Gary Wright wrote:
>>> On May 10, 2007, at 3:39 PM, Jason Roelofs wrote:
>>>> 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?
>>> In Smalltalk, if-then-else is a message and messages are objects....
>>> If Ruby is 100% OOP, then what is Smalltalk?
>>
>> Probably more in the 120% area. ;-)
>>
>> 	robert
>>
>
> LOL... That makes Smalltalk somehow metaphysical... It's like  
> saying I am 120% human... That is 20% more human than a human can  
> be.... scary :P
>
> Enrique Comba Riepenhausen
>
Smalltalk IS somehow metaphysical! quantum-something.
Ruby is a nice blend like good coffee