From: Gour <gour@...>
Date: 2003-02-12T00:19:08+09:00
Subject: Re: CLOS-like system & Ruby

MikkelFJ (mikkelfj-anti-spam@bigfoot.com) wrote:

Hi Mikkel,

> I must admit that the above description doesn't make a lot of sense to me -
> from what I can gather C++ would do a fine job at what you require...

I am aware that my expression was not the most clear :-(
but I'm sure that C++ is not a candidate for the job (besides the fact
that I'm just returing to programming - thanks to Ruby! - after a pause of
around 10 years and in the meantime C++ evolved into a huge bneast I
don't want to work with :-)

> If you want to have objects that can be dynamically modified to have new
> properties and methods, then you have come to the right place. Ruby is
> perfect for that. You can easily add new methods and you can even trap
> methods that does not exist and return sensible values, for example looking
> up an attribute in a map.

Yes, that sounds right. Pls. take a look on my reply to Matz's response
if that speaks more clearly.

Thanks for your input.

Sincerely,
Gour

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