From: Dossy Date: 2002-10-14T06:21:46+09:00 Subject: Re: Sorting On 2002.10.14, Mike Campbell wrote: > > Just a thought: why *not* copy CPAN? It's pretty good, isn't it? > > This is my thought too. It's not like Ruby hasn't copied a lot of things from > perl already, and perl did NOT "invent" the /C.AN/ acronym. > Yes, but the archive at first would be neither Comprehensive or a Network. I think it'd be cooler if the acronym was formed from Japanese words, considering Matz's native language. I'm cheating since my Japanese vocabulary is /so/ poor I'm using WWWJDIC, but: Ruby no Houkatsuteki Sampu Houden (Comprehensive Ruby Program Repository.) Okay, please don't laugh too hard. ;-) -- Dossy -- Dossy Shiobara mail: dossy@panoptic.com Panoptic Computer Network web: http://www.panoptic.com/ "He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70)