From: David Alan Black <dblack@...>
Date: 2001-12-11T19:10:50+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:28196] Re: Ruby Musings

Hello --

On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, John Kaurin wrote:

> Ruby Musings (IMHO):

[...]

> Ruby Core: Keep it core! It appears to be fraying at the edges slightly
> (amateur talking here). Lots of requests, from the really necessary to
> pet ones, are being suggested. Take a hard look at them, incorporate the
> core ones and make extensions or libraries out of the rest. Take the
> necessary time; something that sounds core today might not tomorrow or,
> when viewed, in the overall picture.

Don't worry.  I don't think Matz can be accused of precipitously
sticking things in the core without due consideration :-)

[...]

> Miscellaneous: Lots of cool code is passing thru the various Ruby forums
> (this one included). Capture it. Categorize it. Wrap it up in neat
> packages. Make it available as examples, extensions, or libraries
> distributed with Ruby. Some of this is already going on, but some is
> getting lost. Do not let these ideas become difficult or impossible to
> find, or worse lost.

Ah yes, a favorite cause of mine :-)  See ruby-talk:14556 and
ruby-talk:18803.  I haven't done much with Ruby Behaviors since
the conference; I'm holding out hope for selector namespaces making
it obsolete.


David

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