From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2008-03-19T20:55:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Parametric module or injecting code via class method?

On Mar 18, 5:30 pm, Trans <transf...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'd like to dig into these questions a bit more as well --except for
> the fact that I am sick of them. To be straight forward about it, Ruby
> itself is torn. It makes method extensions a snap, which we all know
> has proven itself as a distinct advantage of Ruby. But in turn it's
> inheritance system does nothing to make it easy to do it in a robust
> way. In short, I've come to the (long and drawn out) conclusion that
> Ruby's mixin system is crap.

Okay, that's overly harsh. (Can you tell I had a bad day yesterday?)
"Weak" is a better description.

T.