From: Daniel DeLorme <dan-ml@...42.com>
Date: 2007-06-26T22:10:41+09:00
Subject: Re: avoiding nil.methodcalls short and cheap

Eivind Eklund wrote:
> On 6/26/07, Daniel DeLorme <dan-ml@dan42.com> wrote:
>> Eivind Eklund wrote:
>> > I love the solution, and have one question: Is there any deeper
>> > rationale behind the name "ergo"?
>>
>> it's latin for "therefore", as in:
> 
> I know that (ergo is commonly used in my native tongue), I just didn't
> feel that it really formed a rationale.  On the other hand, I don't
> have a better name handy...

Sorry, it seems I misunderstood the question. But I don't know what more 
'rationale' is needed. To me, "a ergo b" reads like "b proceeds from a", 
which expresses the same logic as "a && a.b"  IMHO no deeper rationale 
is required.

Daniel