_The Perl Review_ does Python
Hans Nowak
wurmy at earthlink.net
Sat Apr 6 13:41:22 EST 2002
Philip Swartzleonard wrote:
> Well, i'm not someone to ask about the detailed meanings of japanese
> words, but i'm bored, so i did some dictionary diving on these terms.
> Here's a couple hits (kanji meanings in parens).
>
> keishikibi (form/style - system/expression - beauty) 'beauty of form'
> kotan (wither/die - faint/pale O_O) 'elegant simplicity'
> tanryoubi (simple - clear - beautiful) 'i just made this word up'
That last one looks suspiciously like "Ruby". You're not trying
to feed us subliminal messages are you? :-)
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