From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2007-09-05T10:17:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby stupidities

If there is a good reason for changes, and people find the changes  
truly useful, it will survive. Otherwise it will become a dusty book  
in the library. Lots of commercial language/compiler producers have  
tried to have it both ways to please customers and sometimes to lock  
them in to an upgrade cycle. With Ruby though, if the new stuff is a  
problem, stick with the old stack.

Sometimes, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. (hence the long life of  
COBOL)