From: Sea&Gull Date: 2005-01-20T00:51:19+09:00 Subject: Object id u@l:~> ruby -v ruby 1.8.1 (2003-12-25) [i686-linux] u@l:~> ruby -w -e 'class C; end; c1 = C.new; p c1; puts c1.object_id' # -605253404 What id does the object "c1" have - 0xb7d921c8 or -605253404 ? If -605253404, why it is negative? Thanks for the answer! -- s&g