_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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