@steveklabnik @johnbender I've gotta disagree with you there. Refinements are a huge win. What makes you say they're worse?
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Replying to @erniemiller
@erniemiller@steveklabnik aside: it seems like Ruby is plenty capable language wrt extension without "controlled" monkey patching1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @johnbender
@johnbender@steveklabnik these are primarily implementation/perf concerns, not an argument against the feature itself.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @erniemiller
@erniemiller@johnbender it's also just a bad feature. It increases complexity for essentially no gain.@brixen and I have ranted before...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @steveklabnik
@steveklabnik@johnbender@brixen I can think of lots of practical problems refinements solve. Link to your rants?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @erniemiller
@erniemiller@steveklabnik@johnbender I'm not ranting1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @brixen
@brixen@erniemiller@johnbender maybe I remember your talk differently than you do :) I was ranting for sure.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @steveklabnik
@steveklabnik calling it a rant is dismissive. The problems with refinements are deep, technical, social /c@erniemiller@johnbender2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @brixen
@brixen@erniemiller@johnbender ahhh. I'm just trying to be honest about the fact that it makes me mad, no dismissiveness intended.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @steveklabnik
@steveklabnik@brixen@johnbender thanks. Will check out the link after I get done having my brain melted by@jimweirich.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@erniemiller @brixen @johnbender @jimweirich the combinators talk? so good!
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Replying to @steveklabnik
@steveklabnik@brixen@johnbender@jimweirich yup. He's always a pleasure to watch.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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