From: Stefan Lang <langstefan@...>
Date: 2005-07-20T00:56:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby/Rails as a starter language?

On Tuesday 19 July 2005 17:16, Michael Campbell wrote:
> On 7/19/05, gabriele renzi <surrender_it@remove-yahoo.it> wrote:
> > Mark Volkmann ha scritto:
> > > On 7/19/05, Stefan Lang <langstefan@gmx.at> wrote:
> > >>There are no static methods in Ruby
> > >>(there is always a "self")
> > >
> > > Is there some difference between what is called a "class method" in
> > > Ruby and what is called a "static method" in Java?  They seem the same
> > > to me.
> >
> > a class method (as in in ruby) has a reference to an actual object,
> > self, while a static method lacks it.
>
> And what is the practical implication of this?

For the newbie: one language concept fewer to learn.
Read Daniel Brockman's post for more.

-- 
Stefan