From: Navindra Umanee <navindra@...>
Date: 2005-01-30T08:38:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Ten Things Every Java Programmer Should Know About Ruby

Florian Frank <flori@nixe.ping.de> wrote:
> > Hmm... not sure if I understand that last part... but one thing is 
> > very clear though... in Javaland, you simply cannot make pigs fly.
> 
> In (non-evil) Ruby it's not possible either, to transform pigs into birds.

I think you can, and I think LS was right when he said there was *no*
strong typing in Ruby.

require 'socket'

file                          = File.new("/dev/full")
socket                        = TCPSocket.new("www.ruby-lang.org", 80)
safe_pointer_to_socket_object = socket

p file.class
p socket.class
p safe_pointer_to_socket_object.class

socket.reopen(file)
p safe_pointer_to_socket_object.class

Cheers,
Navin.