From: Robert Dober Date: 2008-06-03T21:01:22+09:00 Subject: Re: The duck's backside On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 2:03 AM, David Masover wrote: I know I do not have the communication talents of Joël and David, well he's kind of cheating, it is his profession ;). But I really fail to understand your reasoning, as a matter of fact Joël's code was *not* modifiying the category animal but human. Maybe reading the link David gave above will help you to understand our mindset, well we do not even have exactly the same either, which is a good thing :). But that does not mean that you have to adapt it of course!!! Cheers Robert -- http://ruby-smalltalk.blogspot.com/ --- Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. Ludwig Wittgenstein