From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2002-09-08T01:22:51+09:00
Subject: Re: Larry Wall's comments on Ruby


----- Original Message -----
From: "Denys Usynin" <usynin@hep.upenn.edu>


>
> I think this whole Least Surprise Principle is a load of bullshit that
> is invoked far too often for no good reason. It has a fancy name, but I
> translate it to myself as "when matz made Ruby he made sure the way it
> worked made sense to him". Excuse me, isn't it how all languages are(or
> should be) made?
>

POLS has enough meaning for enough people that it deserves to be considered
meaningful.  The concept has been around for a long time, too.

Gavin