From: avi@...4.com (Avi Bryant) Date: 2002-02-14T05:57:55+09:00 Subject: Re: qualms about respond_to? idiom Received: from lethe.cardhealth.com ([143.98.10.68]) by cardhealth.com (Lotus SMTP MTA v4.6.7 (934.1 12-30-1999)) with SMTP id 88256B5F.00731326; Wed, 13 Feb 2002 12:56:54 -0800 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by lethe.cardhealth.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18546)/8.9.3) id MAA18583 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2002 12:57:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from helium.ruby-lang.org(210.251.121.214) by lethe.cardhealth.com via csmap (V6.0) id srcAAAa18570; Wed, 13 Feb 02 12:57:25 -0800 Received: from helium.ruby-lang.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by helium.ruby-lang.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00957452; Thu, 14 Feb 2002 05:56:32 +0900 (JST) Received: from charon.cardhealth.com (charon.cardhealth.com [63.192.161.12]) by helium.ruby-lang.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55CB044B for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2002 05:56:30 +0900 (JST) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by charon.cardhealth.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18546)/8.9.3) id MAA08002 for 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