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Pretentious

• ximeng 16y ago
  Possibly, although I guess it's trying to play off Ruby's Japanese connotations and the actual examples inside (slicing arrays containing peanut butter and jelly) are not particularly pretentious. Edit: thanks zem: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_koan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_koan Edit2: and thanks angrycoder, I didn't spot that, although the point still stands that peanut butter is not overly pretentious
  • zem 16y ago
    not really, the koan has been enthusiastically adopted by the hacker community long before ruby came on the scene. i think this is more a continuation of that than any reference to ruby's japanese roots.
  • angrycoder 16y ago
    I think you are trying too hard. The most obvious influence is "The Little Schemer", right down to the peanut butter and jelly references. It is even listed as an inspiration on website.