From: Thomas Wieczorek <wieczo.yo@...>
Date: 2008-01-08T06:47:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Using string variable to call a method

You can use: eval, instance_eval, class_eval, module_eval oder send
The different evals are described here:
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/192513
(click on the "N" to read the next message in the thread)
send is as far as I understand it, used to send messages to objects.
Keep in mind that method calls are messages send to objects.