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omaranto
on Oct 30, 2012
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Ruby Under a Microscope: Learning Ruby Internals t...
Pat probably meant 'idiosyncratic' instead of 'idiomatic' (unless it's a non-idiomatic use of 'idiomatic').
petercooper
on Oct 30, 2012
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'Idiosyncratic' is clearer, though 'idiomatic' is valid and what I wished to say, but in its secondary definition:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/idiomatic
(see def 2)
JulianWasTaken
on Oct 31, 2012
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Oh, OK. I've never seen "idiomatic" used with a negative connotation before.
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