From: David Garamond <lists@...6.isreserved.com>
Date: 2003-12-01T13:19:15+09:00
Subject: Re: anything disappearing from Ruby for 2.0?

Gavri Savio Fernandez wrote:
> yes, a lot of people say that this is a factor which causes them to avoid ruby and i understand that it could be a turn-off for someone being introduced to the language.
> what i'd like to know chris is if you still feel that those perlisms are a turn-off for you. 
> i mean, i can understand that you would have been turned off initially, but do you still feel that they are a problem for you?
> or did u mention that you were initially put off because it indicates that it would be a problem when ruby is advocated as an alternative to other languages.

Perhaps we can discuss what exactly are the Perlisms in Ruby that people 
hate or see as a major turnoff.

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dave