From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2007-05-16T00:41:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Why was the "Symbol is a String"-idea dropped?

On 5/15/07, Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote:
<snip>
> >> > You see things; and you say Why?
> >> > But I dream things that never were; and I say Why not?
> >> > -- George Bernard Shaw
> >>
> >> Greetings to George, btw. :-)
> > Well last time I met him he was admiring your posts to the list :-P
>
> Wow!  So he didn't die but just went home like this other guy who
> invented a vi clone (or at least provided his name for the operation)... :-)

Your conclusions are jumped ;)
But sure would have liked to talk to this guy. As to G�del or
Hemingway, well maybe I am OT *now*.
> <snip>
>
> While we're at it: *if* you want to define something (and are a fan of
> C++) you can do this:
>
> irb(main):001:0> module Kernel
> irb(main):002:1> private
> irb(main):003:1> def const(*a) a.each {|x| x.freeze } end
> irb(main):004:1> end

hey that is quite nice!!!
<snip>
>
> Hihi...
>
> Kind regards
>
>         robert
>
>


-- 
You see things; and you say Why?
But I dream things that never were; and I say Why not?
-- George Bernard Shaw