From: James Britt <jamesUNDERBARb@...>
Date: 2004-05-10T01:26:57+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] interface 0.1.0

Daniel Berger wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> It is with some trepidation that I announce the first release of the
> interface module.

This looks quite neat.

> 
> 
> Why did I do it?
> ================
> Mainly to silence the Java weenies and to show that it was possible. 
> See the README for the long version.  I, personally, do not find
> interfaces to be especially useful, but here you go.


Designer/developer theory question:

Do interfaces have a place in dynamically-typed/duck-typing languages?

Does the use of interfaces in Ruby encourage a poor (or, say, less 
robust) design?

They seem like a handy way to embed assertions into code to ensure that 
something blows up sooner than later, though perhaps the usual TDD 
arguments apply here.


James