From: "Mauricio Fernández" <batsman.geo@...>
Date: 2003-04-03T03:10:43+09:00
Subject: Re: April Fools.

On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 07:03:13AM +0900, Jim Freeze wrote:
> On Wednesday,  2 April 2003 at  6:47:55 +0900, Hal E. Fulton wrote:
> > We already have =, ==, and ===. I propose
> > we add ==== and =====. The two new operators
> > would have semantics of "these are are really,
> > really equal, no joke" and "these are so equal
> > they're pretty much the same damn thing"
> > respectively.
> > 
> 
> LOL on this one.
> 
> > Ruby needs a goto. In the spirit of orthogonality,
> > let's also add a comefrom.
> 
> So, Hal, just how would I use a 'comefrom' command?
> Kinda non-causal, don't you think? :)

I really don't know how we could live for so long without

                        DISCONTINUATIONS

In fact I implemented it already, here's what I told my local version of
ri about it:

--------------------------------------------------------- Kernel::calldc
     calldc {| cont | block } -> anObject
------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Generates a Discontinuation object, which it passes to the associated
     block. Performing a cont.call will not cause the calldc to return (as
     won't falling through the end of the block). The value returned by
     the callcc is not the value of the block, nor the value passed to
     cont.call. See Continuation on page 298 for other details. Also see
     Kernel::throw for a mechanism for unwinding a call stack.

You will agree, I am sure, on the extreme power of calldc.

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