From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2002-09-27T20:45:00+09:00
Subject: Re: R (was: adding overload to ruby)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christian Boos" <cboos@bct-technology.com>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 6:28 AM
Subject: RE: R (was: adding overload to ruby)


> Did you have a look at http://merd.net :
> 
> merd = 
>     Ruby-like expressivity + 
>     static type checks (a la Haskell) 
> 
> BTW, if this language ever wants to be taken seriously 
> in the french speaking community, another name might be
> a good start :)

Well, the French abbreviation for OOP 
is POO, which has its own colloquial 
meaning in English...   :)

Hal