I say similar things about Takahashi's YAPC comparison of ruby with Babel-17 (http://www.rubycolor.org/takahashi/yapc2006) at http://use.perl.org/~mr_bean/journal/29899

It was difficult for me to tell how serious he was discouraging use of ruby because of its effects on thinking. Perhaps this was my lack of understanding of the joke rather than the mythical/proverbial Japanese ambiguity.

(Oh, it was a joke?)

I write about the Takahashi method at http://use.perl.org/~mr_bean/journal/29948

What is the minimum implication of the linking of the 2 major non-perl dynamic 'scripting' languages with wrestling foreseen by Delany, if it is not a complete coincidence?

That the Japanese organizers of LLRing also read Delany?

What is the minimum implication of the linking of the 2 major non-perl dynamic languages, aside from the wrestling link, foreseen by Delany, if it is not a complete coincidence?

That the accounts we have of the naming of those 2 languages is not completely correct? That the explanations we have of the naming underdetermines the naming process? Perhaps the 2 language creators aren't completely aware of why they named the languages the way they did, and the accounts they gave us are a rationalization.

I wonder if it is possible to find any other amazing links like this. Search for close associations of the names of the 2 languages in non-computer contexts?

I have my own example of an amazing coincidence with perl. I had a student here in Taiwan who looked like Audrey Tang, but whose English name was Larry.

I thought, This student will go places.

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In reply to Takahashi's YAPC perl-ruby comparison by Anonymous Monk
in thread Boxing in the LLRing by mattr

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