:-) Sharing a Shower Moment :-)

Trans

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Dec 10, 2005, 7:22:43 AM12/10/05

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What did the Rubyist say to the duck?

"What type are you?"

What did the duck say back?

"Does it matter?"

T.

Bill Kelly

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Dec 10, 2005, 1:19:55 PM12/10/05

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From: "Trans" <tran...@gmail.com>

To quack or not to quack, that is the question.

O:-)

Jules Jacobs

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Dec 10, 2005, 2:10:51 PM12/10/05

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:) :)

Would fit in Why's Guide to Ruby.

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Daniel Berger

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Dec 10, 2005, 4:43:56 PM12/10/05

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Why did the duck cross the road?

To respond to the other method.

That, and the chicken retired.

- Dan

Harpo

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Dec 10, 2005, 5:11:55 PM12/10/05

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Daniel Berger wrote:

> Why did the duck cross the road?

There was an instance of road, an instance of duck and an instance of
farmer who planned to make an instance of duck soup for dinner.

Timothy Hunter

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Dec 10, 2005, 5:21:23 PM12/10/05

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Daniel Berger wrote:
> Why did the duck cross the road?
>
> To respond to the other method.

Q. How many ducks does it take to change a lightbulb?
A. (0..4). 1.to_f, 2.to_s, and (0..2).to_a

Sam Gentle

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Dec 10, 2005, 5:24:50 PM12/10/05

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On 12/11/05, Daniel Berger <djbe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Why did the duck cross the road?

Because road.is_a? Crossable returned true.

Sam

Ezra Zygmuntowicz

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Dec 10, 2005, 5:27:47 PM12/10/05

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If a duck quacks in the woods... Does anyone.respond_to? his calls?

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Luc Heinrich

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Dec 11, 2005, 8:31:49 AM12/11/05

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On 10 déc. 05, at 23:27, Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote:

> If a duck quacks in the woods... Does anyone.respond_to? his calls?

In ObjectSpace, nobody can hear you quack.

--
Luc Heinrich - l...@honk-honk.com - http://www.honk-honk.com

John Carter

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Dec 11, 2005, 2:55:14 PM12/11/05

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On Sun, 11 Dec 2005, Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote:

>
> On Dec 10, 2005, at 1:47 PM, Daniel Berger wrote:
>
>> Trans wrote:
>>> What did the Rubyist say to the duck?
>>>
>>> "What type are you?"
>>>
>>> What did the duck say back?
>>>
>>> "Does it matter?"
>>>
>>> T.
>>
>> Why did the duck cross the road?
>>
>> To respond to the other method.
>>
>> That, and the chicken retired.
>>
>> - Dan
>
>
> If a duck quacks in the woods... Does anyone.respond_to? his calls?

You guys are Quacking me up. This is riDuckulous!

Anyhoo, a Javadroid would say "What type are you?" and the Ruby duck would
give that reply.

A Rubyist would say, "If I asked you to Quack, would you respond?" Or
using the postfix "unless"...

"Quickly Quack unless have Qualms!"

..and promptly get nibbled to death by Ducks.

I'll Quit now and go Quietly with no more Quirks.

John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639
Tait Electronics Fax : (64)(3) 359 4632
PO Box 1645 Christchurch Email : john....@tait.co.nz
New Zealand

Carter's Clarification of Murphy's Law.

"Things only ever go right so that they may go more spectacularly wrong later."

From this principle, all of life and physics may be deduced.

Pete

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Dec 11, 2005, 3:15:43 PM12/11/05

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Java: What type are you?

public final class Duck extends AbstractAnimal implements MayQuack, CanSwim

AbstractAnimal extends Lifeform

Lifeform extends Object

oh, well... hail to type-safety :-)

just say quack, god-damn-it !

On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:55:14 +0100, John Carter <john....@tait.co.nz>
wrote:

> On Sun, 11 Dec 2005, Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote:
>
>>
>> On Dec 10, 2005, at 1:47 PM, Daniel Berger wrote:
>>
>>> Trans wrote:
>>>> What did the Rubyist say to the duck?
>>>>
>>>> "What type are you?"
>>>> What did the duck say back?
>>>>
>>>> "Does it matter?"
>>>> T.
>>> Why did the duck cross the road?
>>> To respond to the other method.
>>> That, and the chicken retired.
>>> - Dan
>>
>>
>> If a duck quacks in the woods... Does anyone.respond_to? his calls?
>
>
> You guys are Quacking me up. This is riDuckulous!
>
> Anyhoo, a Javadroid would say "What type are you?" and the Ruby duck
> would give that reply.
>
> A Rubyist would say, "If I asked you to Quack, would you respond?" Or
> using the postfix "unless"...
>
> "Quickly Quack unless have Qualms!"
>

> ...and promptly get nibbled to death by Ducks.

Kevin Olbrich

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Dec 11, 2005, 3:30:33 PM12/11/05

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"What's in a Type? That which we call a Duck
by any other class identifier would quack as loudly."

Even Shakespeare got it.