From: Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@...>
Date: 2001-08-11T23:16:58+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:19529] Re: the way class variables work

David Alan Black wrote:
> But I'm still baffled, maybe more than ever, by the "why", that is,
> why class variables exist at all in Ruby.  No one seems to have
> anything good to say about them.  They seem to operate as a kind of
> not-quite-global global.  They introduce weird, backwards
> dependencies.  They come to your house at night, ring the doorbell,
> and run away.  They....  [Cut to shot of David cowering in corner]

Maaaatz!... heeelp!... where aaare youuuu ...

I really would appreciate enlightening explanations.

Tobi

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