From: Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@...>
Date: 2003-07-13T09:35:14+09:00
Subject: Re: My brief and torrid affair with Ruby.

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On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 09:26:18AM +0900, Gawnsoft wrote:

> >By your logic, these aren't virii because
> >they can't infect you against your will.  Yet, everyone calls them virii;
> >and, in my opinion, they are.  
> 
> And in the opinion of biochemists and biologists, they are.  They are
> viruses that prey on bacteria, as opposed say the common colds, which
> are viruses that prey on human mucosal cells.

Btw, I do think that they are virii, and they *can* affect you against your 
will, even if that is unlikely.

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