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James Britt  
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 More options Nov 4 2005, 4:03 pm
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From: James Britt <jame...@neurogami.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 06:03:56 +0900
Local: Fri, Nov 4 2005 4:03 pm
Subject: Re: Ruby making inroads at big corporation... small anecdote.
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Ara.T.Howard wrote:
>> Then we'll have to invent a backronym for it.

>> Rapid Understanding Before Yesterday
>> Really Ugly Bastards Yodeling
>> RUBY: Uplifting Beautiful Yammering
>> RUBY unmasks brutal youth
>> Rarely unnatural block yielding

> you obviously don't work for the government - otherwise you'd know that an
> acronym must be double nested or self referring to be adequately obtuse ;-)

Hey, I offered *two* GNU-styled self-refs there!

James


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