From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2007-11-02T15:35:34+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] logo


On Nov 2, 2007, at 1:19 AM, Chad Perrin wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 04:02:43AM +0900, Joel VanderWerf wrote:
>> Chad Perrin wrote:
>>> On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 04:51:42AM +0900, Joel VanderWerf wrote:
>>>> (ps. I'm writing a book called "Butfirst Logo".)
>>>
>>> I tend to guess that's a joke -- but if you're serious, I'd like  
>>> to know
>>> more.
>>
>> Sorry to disappoint you.... it's a terrible joke. :)
>
> Darn.  I thought it was a pretty *good* joke, if you were serious.   
> More
> high-class, self-deprecating puns like that in the titles of technical
> texts would be a plus, I think.
>
>
>>
>> It Matz really does add Enumerable#butfirst (being discussed now),  
>> this
>> book title could be a reality for ruby....
>
> The butfirst procedure in Logo is pretty damned useful.  I wouldn't be
> opposed to seeing an Enumerable#butfirst in Ruby -- even with the
> unavoidable juvenile humor that will be only mildly amusing the first
> time, and will rapidly lose its charm from there.
It would be useful, but the juvenile humor would probably be forever.