From: john_sips_tea@...
Date: 2006-03-28T01:23:55+09:00
Subject: Re: deciphering poignant guide chapter 4 example

> well ruby as you know, makes parens optional in method
> calls, what this means is you can't directly assign
> methods around.

Ah! Hadn't thought of that!

Sounds like Symbols are used extensively inside Ruby. Almost
like some kind of smart pointer.

Will look up the docs on "send", and re-read the docs on Symbol.
Thanks!