From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2007-03-28T21:56:22+09:00
Subject: Re: general question (different between methods and function

On Mar 28, 2007, at 7:51 AM, Dave Rose wrote:

> Jamal Soueidan wrote:
>> Thats what I meant, functions is used without the object, and are  
>> called
>> direct, whereas the methods is used with the object.
>>
>> puts "this is a function"
>>
>> File.puts "this is object.method"
>>
>> Is this how everyone see it or do many people have different  
>> opinion on
>> this
>> subject?
>
> ...no! wait a second... isn't a standalone function really an object?

Yes, in Ruby it's always messages being passed to objects.  This is  
just a name we use for the call style.  It's still a method call.

James Edward Gray II