From: seebs@... (Peter Seebach) Date: 2007-05-21T03:48:38+09:00 Subject: Re: Emergency help is needed In message <1179685177.363826.262700@u36g2000prd.googlegroups.com>, anoosh writes: >1)What are the meaning of symbols(:var) and Instance variables(@x) >Ruby?(I know Java and C.If it is possible for you tell me the >synonyms in these languages,please) I can't think of any synonym in either for symbols, because both are compiled languages. Instance variables are pretty much the same beast as non-static Java class variables. >2)How can I define my own exception handling in Ruby? I have no idea what you mean. You mean instead of the standard exception handling? I don't think you can, and I certainly hope you don't try. -s