From: Tim Bates <tim@...>
Date: 2002-12-08T06:09:22+09:00
Subject: Re: elseif?

On Sun, 8 Dec 2002 04:30 am, W. Kent Starr wrote:
> 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. :-)

When I first discovered Ruby, I went through the whole of the pickaxe book 
being constantly surprised - "you can actually DO that?? ... wow"

Tim Bates
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