From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2003-08-12T00:46:15+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] rbbr-0.3.1

----- Original Message -----
From: "Masao Mutoh" <mutoh@highway.ne.jp>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: [ANN] rbbr-0.3.1


> > > > Yes, but does it support rbbr duck typing? :-)
> > > >
> > > > <duck avoid="flying objects"/>
> > >
> > > I'm sorry but I'm not good at English. What is this mean?
> >
> >
http://images.google.com/images?q=rubber+duck&ie=ISO-8859-1&hl=en&btnG=Googl
e+Search
> >
> > Sorry, my feeble attempt at humour after the long "duck typing"
thread...
>
> No problem.
> I'm sorry but I've not been able to read ruby-talk mails for a week,
> because I've concentreted to work for Ruby-GNOME2-0.6.0.
>
> BTW, rubber duck seems cute, and the spelling is similer rbbr as you said.
> #I've known the goods but I've not know the name in English.

There is one other aspect to this joke...
the English word "duck" is also a verb,
meaning to crouch suddenly, as when
avoiding something thrown at you. (In
this case, something thrown at Brian
for making the original "rbbr duck" joke.)

Cheers,
Hal