From: Rick DeNatale Date: 2009-11-10T04:35:39+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby doesn't implement x++ for Fixnum's because ??? Just so you know I wasn't dissing La langue belle. I try to maintain a basic fluency. Not sure if my French or my C is more rusty! On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Aldric Giacomoni wrote: > Rick Denatale wrote: >> >> In French une langue denotes the same concept as tongue in English. >> The primary meaning is that muscle in the middle of a mouth. It can >> also mean a language > > Okay, I knew that... > >> The French un Langage is first what is used by humans to express their >> thoughts and sentiments by means of "articulations of the voice", by >> extension it also can mean written language, the 'language' of animals >> (bird song, dog's barking etc.) and finally a system of communication >> by any means "The symbolic language of flowers." "Pantomime is a >> silent language."  these last being translated examples from Le >> Dictionnaire. > > By Jove! Getting lessons in my mother idiom (*grin*) on a Ruby forum. I > knew I was following you on Twitter for a reason. > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale