From: Rich Kilmer Date: 2001-12-08T07:23:04+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:27869] Re: Trolling ;) refactor: class Vacuum def Vacuum.suck puts "sucking..." end end Vacuum.suck sorry...you need "behavior" to suck ;) > -----Original Message----- > From: Ralph Mason [mailto:ralph.mason@telogis.com] > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 4:20 PM > To: ruby-talk ML > Subject: [ruby-talk:27860] Re: Trolling ;) > > > class Vacuum > > end > > suck = Vacuum.new > > So it appears that ruby can suck also. > > Ralph > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phlip" > Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby > To: "ruby-talk ML" ; > Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 10:15 AM > Subject: [ruby-talk:27857] Re: Trolling ;) > > > > James Britt (ruby-talk ML) wrote: > > > > > Ruby in a Nutshell was announced on use.perl.org. > > > > > > The tongue-in-cheek heading says, > > > "Of course, no Perl programmers like or are interested in > anything that > > > isn't Perl, so I'm sure no one will want this book, be interested in > Ruby, > > > care to read An Introduction to Ruby[link], or even remember > this story > > > two minutes after reading it. Right?" > > > > Perl sucks. > > > > -- > > Phlip > > > > (Special note to the humor-challenged; review my brilliant, insightful > > comments in the recent thread called "Ruby vs. Python: Decisions, > > Decisions" before leaping to Perl's defense. The programming > industry [and > > the Unices] would not be where they are today without Perl.) > > >