From: Jon Babcock <jon@...>
Date: 2000-09-23T07:09:10+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:5076] Re: Ruby Book 2.18, Eng.tl, kesaran pasaran?

>>>>> "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>