From: ahoward <ahoward@...>
Date: 2003-01-30T00:46:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Local variables & blocks

On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Gavin Sinclair wrote:

> <random_raving>
>   ...especially since I used to think that Java was readable enough if
>   you keep the methods small. Then I realised that one method of Java
>   is often one line of Ruby, because of things like #map. This export
>   idea could be another good progression to reduce unnecessary
>   methods.
> </random_raving>

elimnating methods is _very_ important to keep things fast too, not just to
keep them readable.

-a

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