From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2003-07-16T23:54:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Keyword "with"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Hickman" <peter@semantico.com>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: Keyword "with"


> If we really wanted a kitchen sink language we would drop Ruby here and 
> now and start using Lisp and Ada. But no one likes to spend their day at 
> the kitchen sink.

Now there's a quotable quote!
 
> All I ask it that the request adds functionality to the language and not 
> sugar. 'with', 'x++', 'elseif', 'new' and the rest are just plain sugar.

Ehh, sometimes I like sugar. YMMV. Ruby has a 
lot already, though, and there is probably 
such a thing as too much.

Aren't you glad Matz is in charge of Ruby rather
than a committee? 

Hal

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