From: Avi Bryant <avi@...4.com>
Date: 2001-07-24T06:59:12+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:18391] Re: OO question

On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Will Conant wrote:

> Java, for the most part, has the same thing going for it...
> the only time it breaks down is when you have to go looking in the wrapper
> classes for functions that operate on primitives or when you have to use the
> .class syntax to refer to class objects.

... and when you realize that static methods, which are the closest thing
to class methods, are bound at compile time, and so are usually
useless.  Did I mention I like metaclasses? ;-)