From: dblack@...
Date: 2002-09-29T21:05:18+09:00
Subject: Re: R (was: adding overload to ruby)

Hi --

On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Hal E. Fulton wrote:

> It just seems to me that unless a
> fairly complex relationship was
> implied, he wouldn't even have
> gotten mathematical with it. If it
> were as simple as described above,
> I would think anyone would express
> it by saying something like, "Ruby:
> Better Than Perl, Better Than
> Smalltalk!"

Except then everyone would just roll their eyes and say, "Oh, a
language bigot" :-)  I like the way "R > (P+S)/2" acknowledges Ruby's
heritage (though not, strictly speaking, in the math), while
proclaiming the coolth of Ruby.


David

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