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Ryan Leavengood  
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 More options Dec 22 2005, 6:48 pm
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby
From: Ryan Leavengood <leaveng...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 08:48:42 +0900
Local: Thurs, Dec 22 2005 6:48 pm
Subject: Re: Diff of opinion on dynamic stuff
On 12/22/05, Joel VanderWerf <vj...@path.berkeley.edu> wrote:

> Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> > "open class" is so strong (often too strong), we can break things
> > easily.  In other word, Ruby trust you to give you sharp knives, where
> > Python don't.  From the Python point of view, it's wrong, I guess.

> A chef will tell you that sharp knives are safer than dull ones, since
> they do not have to be forced.

If these two quotes together aren't a perfect Ruby quotable quote, I
don't know what is.

<tongue_in_cheek>

And now we have another weapon in the Python vs Ruby war:

Python: Dull
Ruby: Sharp

</tongue_in_cheek>

Seriously though, a Python vs Ruby war is kind of dumb, since it is
like brothers fighting.

Ryan


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