[#4766] Wiki — "Glen Stampoultzis" <trinexus@...>

21 messages 2000/09/04
[#4768] RE: Wiki — "NAKAMURA, Hiroshi" <nahi@...> 2000/09/04

Hi, Glen,

[#4783] Re: Wiki — Masatoshi SEKI <m_seki@...> 2000/09/04

[#4785] Re: Wiki — "NAKAMURA, Hiroshi" <nakahiro@...> 2000/09/05

Howdy,

[#4883] Re-binding a block — Dave Thomas <Dave@...>

16 messages 2000/09/12

[#4930] Perl 6 rumblings -- RFC 225 (v1) Data: Superpositions — Conrad Schneiker <schneik@...>

Hi,

11 messages 2000/09/15

[#4936] Ruby Book Eng. translation editor's questions — Jon Babcock <jon@...>

20 messages 2000/09/16

[#5045] Proposal: Add constants to Math — Robert Feldt <feldt@...>

15 messages 2000/09/21

[#5077] Crazy idea? infix method calls — hal9000@...

This is a generalization of the "in" operator idea which I

17 messages 2000/09/22

[#5157] Compile Problem with 1.6.1 — Scott Billings <aerogems@...>

When I try to compile Ruby 1.6.1, I get the following error:

15 messages 2000/09/27

[ruby-talk:5076] Re: Ruby Book 2.18, Eng.tl, kesaran pasaran?

From: Jon Babcock <jon@...>
Date: 2000-09-22 22:09:10 UTC
List: ruby-talk #5076
>>>>> "Yasushi" == Yasushi Shoji <yashi@yashi.com> writes:

    >> I'm thinking of using 'abracadabra' for 'kesaran pasaran'
    >> here???

    > 'kesaran pasaran' made me think until i realized it's just
    > non-sense words, even though i speak japanese. ;p

    > abracadabra is much more common at least in the US, IMHO.
    > --
    >         yashi

Well, I have to use something that a) the reader recognizes as
nonsense and doesn't think is merely a mistake, and b) something that
does not make him think it is a real word, but one that he doesn't
recognize.

Although abracadabra is a word, it obviously has no meaning in this
context, and thereby satisfies my two conditions.

So, I guess, until someone comes up with a better suggestion, it'll
remain abracadabra. (Anyway, didn't Matz say somewhere that OO
programming at some level enters the realm of black magic?)

Thanks.

Jon

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Jon Babcock <jon@kanji.com>

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