From: Marc Heiler <shevegen@...>
Date: 2009-01-03T07:23:31+09:00
Subject: Re: What does 'Monkey Patching' exactly Mean in Ruby?

> 2- Are "monkey patching" and "open classes" different terms for the same thing?

As far as I am concerned both terms refer to the same, but the stupid 
"monkey patching" bears a negative connotation with it, and I refuse to 
use it at all.

I believe people should be more open to ideas, and tagging a negative 
meaning onto something will shoot down ideas that may happen "further 
down the road" on it. The idea as such allows for more flexibility, and 
why is it that the negative word of "Monkey patching" is used, but there 
is no possitive association for this flexibility, which is a huge asset 
for ruby? Most people who use the term monkey patching were coming from 
java and python - in other words, people who do not even use ruby 
seriously. (In fact, I blame a few diehard python bloggers for this.)
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