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I love the Principle of Least Astonishment, but I first encountered it in the Ruby book and I gave up reading it halfway through because I kept thinking, "He an
by hinkley 2y ago
I love the Principle of Least Astonishment, but I first encountered it in the Ruby book and I gave up reading it halfway through because I kept thinking, "He and I have very different definitions of astonishing..."
- Etheryte 2y agoIn a way that makes sense though, once you're at a level where you can not only write Ruby, but write books about Ruby, surely very few things would astonish you.
- hinkley 2y agoThat's why I always watch the newbies squirm trying to read my/our documentation. No feedback is ever as honest as unvarnished confusion.