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		xentronium on Oct 14, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why teach with Ruby? > like that but stuff like monkey patching and other shenanigans that make life easier if you are the sole programmer working on a code base become problematic if you are working in a largish team where not everyone might know everything that is going on. That's why God invented conventions.

jemfinch on Oct 14, 2010 [–]

Conventions: excusing language design flaws since 1956.

xentronium on Oct 15, 2010 | | [–]

Gun is not the reason you shot yourself in the foot, right?

Confusion on Oct 15, 2010 | | [–]

Language design trade-offs, easily presented as flaws: inevitable since 1956.

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