From: gabriele renzi <surrender_it@...>
Date: 2005-07-21T23:15:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby/Rails as a starter language?

Adam P. Jenkins ha scritto:
>  In particular you can't modify class objects 
> at runtime.  I believe that mutable class objects in the Ruby/Smalltalk 
> sense are incompatible with statically typed languages, so really 
> whether you realize it or not, you're arguing for dynamic typing over 
> static typing.

I disagree with this. You can have singleton methods for objects 
(including Class instances) in a static environment too.
Take a look at Nice for a javaish language which allows some reviving of 
classes

PS
I started to really apprecate java's reflection when I read java 
reflection in action, suggested reading for javarubyst