From: Dan Debertin <debertin@...>
Date: 2007-05-11T04:53:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Defending Ruby's OOP

From: Lucas Holland <hollandlucas@gmail.com>

> I've got someone here saying that Ruby (and other languages) can't be
> 100% object-oriented because if and unless and so on (keywords) are no
> objects.
> 
> How can I defend the claim that Ruby is 100% OOP?

Well, as others have said, it's a stupid thing to argue about.

But to answer your actual question, your friend is correct. for, case,
do, else, if, etc. are reserved words, not objects. Check your pickaxe
book, page 329.


-Dan Debertin
debertin@gmail.com