On Jun 25, 2013, at 1:36 PM, Igor Stasenko <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 25 June 2013 13:29, Esteban Lorenzano <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I really cannot believe that you can consider
>> 
>> is: #string
>> 
>> better programing than
>> 
>> isString
>> 
>> no matter the implementation, and no matter if you can still found senders 
>> of #string... string programming (or symbol programing) is just bad, bad, 
>> bad.
>> Is so bad that is axiomatic... I cannot even explain why... :)
>> 
> 
> you are highly subjective here. :)
> 
> given two expressions:
> 
> object isString
> and
> object is: #string
> 
> to me they are equal in their beautiness or ugliness, if you like.

with the difference that in one: 

1) you has a clearer and more expressive message
2) you have a simple message send with an immediate return (and not a 
comparisson)

and in the other... you don't. 

but well, I already explained my opinion... and I think we are not going to 
agree. 
So I rest, I'm over of this :)

> 
> 
>> and that just because we do not like to have 20 methods (or whatever the 
>> number) isBlah in object?
>> 
>> sorry, I completely disagree with the idea.
>> 
>> now, I agree that some of the "is" methods should be removed, but that is a 
>> complete different discussion :)
>> 
> right. but that was the proposal to remove them first (by replacing with #is:)
> and then gradually deal with them later (but already having cleaned
> Object protocol).
> 
>> Esteban
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Igor Stasenko.
> 


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