From: 7stud -- <dolgun@...>
Date: 2007-10-01T13:35:40+09:00
Subject: Re: a = Dog.new # a is not a pointer and not a reference?

Austin Ziegler wrote:
>
> That's an implementer's view. When I program with Ruby, I don't think of
> a variable taking up space. In purely Ruby terms, a variable isn't an
> object that I can manipulate. In C++ terms, I can manipulate a variable
> because it's a concrete item.
> 
>> Ruby variables hold the value of an object reference. If you re-assign
>> them, you are setting them to a different object reference. If you
>> retrieve them, you're getting an object reference which you can then
>> pass by value or use to invoke methods.
> 
> Conceptually, they're better seen as labels or sticky notes. Maybe not
> for the implementers, but definitely at the normal programmer's level.
> Thinking about them more than that is just asking for madness because
> you can't interact with them at any other level than that.
> 

Your original post was ridiculous and now you've been called out.  Take
your medicine with some semblance of grace.  Back pedaling as fast as
you can stirs up a cloud of dust, but we still know its you in there.
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