From: William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@...>
Date: 2002-09-29T11:10:21+09:00
Subject: Re: R

Hi,

Because it is ">" (or even ">="), why should Ruby be *worse* than one of
the two?  (Just from mathematics point of view) :)

Cheers,

Bill
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Hal E. Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> wrote:
>>    Ruby > (Smalltalk + Perl) / 2

> I just realized why this interesting statement
> has always made my brain itch a little.

> Assuming that the values of Smalltalk and Perl
> are not equal (and who in the world, in any camp,
> would say they are?) the average of the two has to
> be greater than one of them and less than the other.

> Since we're not told whether greentea prefers
> Smalltalk or Perl (though I could guess), he is
> in effect saying, "Ruby is better than one of
> these languages and worse than the other; but I 
> won't tell you which is which."