From: Stefan Schmiedl <s@...>
Date: 2001-12-11T20:36:34+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:28203] Re: The benefits of dynamic typing?

Harry Ohlsen (2001-12-11 20:02):

> In article <20011211092737.D22645@workhorse>, "Stefan Schmiedl" <s@xss.de>
> wrote:
> 
> 
> > and you can try ancestors ... which is nice for getting to know ruby's
> > class tree.
> > 
> > irb(main):002:0> Fixnum.ancestors
> > [Fixnum, Integer, Precision, Numeric, Comparable, Object, Kernel]
> 
> As usual, I've written something that already existed!  Oh well, I guess
> I learnt something, anyway.

I highly recommend studying the introspective methods of ruby.
just like smalltalk, ruby is very communicative about itself,
you just need to know how to listen to it.

have fun.

s.

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