[rawsyntax]

A better solution for monkey patching is in the works: http://yehudakatz.com/2010/11/30/ruby-2-0-refinements-in-pra...

That being said, any language feature can be abused and misused

[moomin]

It's worth pointing out that clojure's protocols actually address the "multiple issues of the same method" problem. It looks like Yehuda's been, at the very least, reading the same books as Rich Hickey (this is a good thing)