Why Ruby?

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2010-12-17 17:47, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 12/17/10 10:23 AM, Justin Johansson wrote:
>> On 17/12/10 06:52, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> On 12/16/10 1:30 PM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The point here isn't that we want "a" and "b" to be replaced with "_"
>>>> the point is that we want to get rid of the string and have a shorter
>>>> and less verbose syntax for delegate literals.
>>>
>>> I understand. Using strings is witnessing the fact that we couldn't find
>>> a shorter syntax that didn't have problems. That being said, it's very
>>> possible there are some great ones, we just couldn't find them.
>>>
>>> Andrei
>>
>> "we just couldn't find them"
>>
>> Is that the royal "we" as in singular?
>> If plural, may one politely inquire as to whom "we" are?
>
> Walter, Bartosz Milewski, Eric Niebler, David Held and myself have
> discussed the issue a number of times. It has also been often discussed
> on this newsgroup.
>
> Andrei

And what was the conclusion, more than just "we just couldn't find them" ?

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/Jacob Carlborg