From: Pat Eyler <pate@...>
Date: 2002-04-20T01:33:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby golf (FFT)  Was: Freshmeat article about Ruby

On Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 01:11:54AM +0900, David Alan Black wrote:
> Hello --
>
> On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Christian Szegedy wrote:
>
> > I start the golf game:
>
> I highly recommend including the following disclaimer in every
> golf-related post:
>
>   DISCLAIMER: I do not believe that reducing code to the
>   smallest possible size is always or even usually a good
>   idea.  However, I tend to learn a lot about Ruby from
>   this kind of exercise, and that's why I do it.
>
> :-)
>

Does it make sense to try to find a non-golf metaphor for a ruby coding
contest?  Maybe something where 'elegance' and 'correctness' are the
deciding factors?  (How would these be judged?)

-pate
Down this path lies madness