From: Jim Weirich <jim@...>
Date: 2005-03-18T00:14:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Concerning "class instance variables"


Hal Fulton said:
> Here's a slight reality check.
>
> I'm probably largely responsible for the propagation of
> the term "class instance variable." I didn't coin it, but
> I used it in _The Ruby Way_.

I believe the term comes from Smalltalk, which has exactly the same
distinction between class variables and class instance variables (see
http://wiki.cs.uiuc.edu/VisualWorks/Class+variables+and+class+instance+variables).

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