From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2002-06-12T15:14:31+09:00
Subject: Re: a new block parameter/variable notation (Re: ruby-dev summary 17252-17356)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Yukihiro Matsumoto" <matz@ruby-lang.org>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 8:43 PM
Subject: a new block parameter/variable notation (Re: ruby-dev summary
17252-17356)


> Man, it took me hours to write this mail.

Thanks very much for writing this, Matz. I am understanding
it better now.

I have printed out this message so I can study it and think
about it more. I think perhaps I will frame it and put it
on the wall by my bed.

> Why you guys don't read Japanese?

Heh heh... when you reduce it to an alphabet of 26 characters,
I will be more inclined to learn it.

When the Pickaxe Book was not yet available, I bought your
book in Japanese, so I could read the code. I accidentally
learned one Japanese symbol, the one for "statement" or
"expression." I called it the "Blair Witch" character. (You
probably don't know about that dumb American movie, though.)

Thanks again.

Hal Fulton