From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2005-05-09T05:54:05+09:00
Subject: Re: [ETYMOLOGY] - Sterile Classes / Sterile Meta Classes

Hi,

In message "Re: [ETYMOLOGY] - Sterile Classes / Sterile Meta Classes"
    on Mon, 9 May 2005 00:39:23 +0900, Ilias Lazaridis <ilias@lazaridis.com> writes:

|Can I have some more informatin about the new model?
|
|  a) method to retrieve "singleton class", Object#singleton_class
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|further planned changes?

No other language change is planned.  I guess I have to rewrite some
documents as well.

|> In this standard, "singleton" is the best I can think of, unless name
|> conflict.  Sad coincidence.
|
|I understand your 'pain' - honestly!

Thank you.  Making up terms are far more difficult than others think
at their first glance.

							matz.