From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2000-07-13T18:50:46-05:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:03984] Re: Principle of least effort -- another Ruby virtue.

Conrad Schneiker <schneik@austin.ibm.com> writes:

> Well, I think the canonical least list of least principles for Ruby (subject
> to previously mentioned qualifications) is probably:
> 
>     Principle of Least Effort.
> 
> If so, the general reason would be that this principle more strongly entails
> more of the other applicable least principles than is the case for any of the
> other such least principles.

Nah - you're missing the higher level case:

   Principle of Least Principles  ;-)


Isn't "Principle of Least Effort" a Perl virtue. though? Or at least,
couldn't it be confused as one. And if it could, then I'm not sure I'd 
like to see Ruby sharing it.


Regards


Dave