From: "W. Kent Starr" <wyzzrd@...>
Date: 2002-12-08T03:00:00+09:00
Subject: Re: elseif?

On Sat, 2002-12-07 at 08:41, dblack@candle.superlink.net wrote:

> There is a danger of getting too defensive, perhaps....  Sometimes it
> seems like Ruby is expected to justify every single difference between
> itself and other languages (especially Perl and C), one by one, in a
> way that (as far as I've seen) no other language is expected to.

> David

One might paraphrase thusly, "From that which gives much, much more is
expected." :-)

It seems that some (many?) confuse POLS with "there should be NO
surprises." Of course, the reality is that with anything, due to lack of
expereience, someone will be surprised by something. The poetic view is
that languagaes, natural or computer, like life and love, would be quite
dull without at least a hint of mystery. :-)

Regards,

W. Kent Starr