From: ser@... (Sean Russell)
Date: 2004-07-11T03:57:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Functional Ruby (Re: Why I don't use Ruby.)

zuzu <sean.zuzu@gmail.com> wrote in message news:<a988e9f6040709133259e09ddc@mail.gmail.com>...
> how are variables in ruby "mutable" then?  ruby assignment merely
> labels objects.

a = "immutable string"
b = a
a.gsub!( /^im/, "" )
puts a  # => "mutable string"
puts b  # => "mutable string"

> a = 42
> a = 64

Besides the previous example, you're re-assigning a value to "a".

--- SER