From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2006-07-22T23:26:59+09:00
Subject: Re: predefined variables and constants question

On Sat, 22 Jul 2006, Simon Harrison wrote:

> hi all. pages 333 to 337 in pickaxe2 list a whole load of global
> variables/constants, execution environment variables, standard objects etc.
>
> Is it just me or does this not seem to break with the usually beautifully
> tidy, object oriented design of Ruby? I would have thought all such things
> would have been defined in a class named something like 'Global'
>
> I do not mean any offence to Matz and co. and there are probably good
> reasons for  things being as they are.

but that woudn't be global then would it ;-)

-a
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