From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <zznmeb@...>
Date: 2009-02-12T05:04:54+09:00
Subject: Re: If you are unhappy with the direction of Ruby 1.8.7+, respond

Matt Lawrence wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Feb 2009, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
> 
>> I've posted my opinions on Ruby-Core, but I'll summarize them here:
>>
>> 1. The Ruby community should proceed with all deliberate speed towards
>> ISO standardization of the language.
> 
> Yeah, look what it did to Forth.

The process of ANS standardization focused the Forth community and
produced a syntax and semantics that are well-regarded in today's Forth
community. I wouldn't be using Forth today if it weren't for the ANS
standard!

-- 
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky

I've never met a happy clam. In fact, most of them were pretty steamed.