urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ahefner ahefner ahefner 2008-05-30T06:26:05Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ahefner:5409 2008-05-30T06:26:05Z 2008-05-30T06:26:05Z Letters To Cleo, "I'm A Fool" Ruby continues to close the gap with lisp - <span><a href="http://poignantguide.net/dwemthy/" rel="nofollow"><i>Dwemthy's Array</i></a> </span><span>combines the taste and sophistication of defclass* with the clarity and convenience of MOP hackery (and a touch of the exuberant insanity evident in <a href="http://lisperati.com/casting.html" rel="nofollow">Casting SPELs in Lisp</a>). </span><span>Spotted on <a href="http://planet.smalltalk.org/" rel="nofollow">Planet Smalltalk</a>, where </span><a href="http://softwareengineering.vazexqi.com/" rel="nofollow">Nicholas Chen</a> inexpicably <a href="http://softwareengineering.vazexqi.com/articles/2008/05/28/dwemthys-array-in-smalltalk" rel="nofollow">plays along</a><span>.</span>