From: Erik Veenstra Date: 2005-06-18T09:20:33+09:00 Subject: Re: Why do arrays work this way? > As in many modern languages (Java, most popularly, but I'd > imagine Python, too), everything's a pointer, so to speak. Not everything in Java is a pointer. Compare "int" with "Integer": a huge difference. Sorry, I didn't realize that this is the Ruby news groups... gegroet, Erik V. - http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/