From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2003-12-18T05:26:07+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] suby-muse mailing list (was: Copying methods from one class to another)

T. Onoma wrote:
> On Wednesday 17 December 2003 05:44 pm, Chad Fowler wrote:
> 
>>On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, T. Onoma wrote:
>>
>># ANN: SUBY-MUSE MAILING LIST
>>
>>Great idea!  I would suggest you end this and other related threads on
>>ruby-talk and move them immediately to your new list.  Thanks!
>>
>>Chad
> 
> 
> Indeed, I have. But I just want to point out, I came to ruby-talk with a 
> simple question: is it possible to do "xyz" in Ruby? And certainly ruby-talk 
> is the appropriate review for such a question. I had no intention of starting 
> a heated discussion on the *merits* of doing said "xyz". Other's started that 
> slant.

It's almost impossible sometimes to avoid that slant. What if everyone
thinks "xyz" is stupid, insane, meaningless, and/or futile?

If someone asks me whether he can clip his toenails with a handgun, the
question itself is not so important as the other questions it raises.

Hal