From: dblack@... Date: 2007-06-14T05:02:31+09:00 Subject: Re: a matter of style Hi -- On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, Robert Dober wrote: > On 6/13/07, dblack@wobblini.net wrote: >> Hi -- >> > >> >> It's not a contest -- > 100% agree >> not even a debate. > 100% surprised (maybe I do not grasp the semantics of debate, it means > discussion, right?) It usually implies an outcome: someone "wins". >> Ultimately people should do >> what they want. I like to steer people, especially newcomers, to the >> traditional style, in the hope that that's what they will decide they >> want to do, partly just because it *is* the traditional style, and >> partly because on the whole it looks so great. > Sorry for intervening with that, but I will just be clear again: > David's the guy to follow when in doubt, if you prefer my style you > prefer it anyway but be warned neverheless :(. > > David has probably read and written 100 times the Ruby Code I have > read and written (catching up though;). As he I do not think it is a > contest, maybe I was confusing the ML with a chat forum a little > bit... >> >> That's all there is to it. You already know everything you need to >> know, and you can decide what to do. It doesn't matter who (including >> me) says what (and we already have ways to determine what Matz does). >> >> In other words, let's not get into one of these interminable threads >> where people try to "argue" and "convince" each other. It's just not >> that kind of situation. (And neither are 99.9999% of such threads :-) > I was not trying to do this but you make me aware that I was talking > too much, point taken. > > Over and out ;) I didn't mean to say you'd said too much -- just thinking that this is the kind of topic where people (not you specifically) get into these long, aimless ping-pong matches which don't actually result in anything, and hoping to avert that (again, not you specifically). David -- * Books: RAILS ROUTING (new! http://safari.awprofessional.com/9780321509246) RUBY FOR RAILS (http://www.manning.com/black) * Ruby/Rails training & consulting: Ruby Power and Light, LLC (http://www.rubypal.com)