From: James Herdman <james.herdman@...>
Date: 2006-02-02T10:28:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Class vs. Object

First of all, thanks to everyone who's replied so far.  I appreciate 
the help and insight.

I think I'm getting the grip of things.

>>> "".kind_of? Object
> => true

This confused me a bit.  "" is an instance of String, right?  I know 
String is an instance of Object, but that doesn't really make "" an 
Object... or does it?

Another thing that confused me is this:

String.kind_of? String
=> false

At first I thought that perhaps an object can't be an instance of 
itself as it, itself, is defining said object (i.e. it is a Class -- 
the blueprint). However,

Object.kind_of? Object
=> true

and

Module.kind_of? Module
=> true

What am I missing?

James H