From: Paul Brannan <pbrannan@...>
Date: 2007-05-12T00:25:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Defending Ruby's OOP

On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 04:53:06AM +0900, Dan Debertin wrote:
> 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.

Blocks are not objects, either, until they are encapsulated into a Proc
object.  Methods are also not objects, until they are encapsulated into
a Method object.

Making everything an object makes the language more consistent, but IMO
less natural.  In fact, I think OOP isn't very natural, but is beautiful
once you learn it.

Paul