From: Jason Roelofs <jameskilton@...>
Date: 2008-04-08T06:23:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Method parameters Type

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net> wrote:
> El Lunes, 7 de Abril de 2008, Sreedhar Kesanasetti escribió:
>
> >      Unlike Java why does not ruby specify the method parameter types.
>  > How can a caller know what type of parameter is the method expecting.
>
>  Because Ruby use dynamic dispatch, not static as Java.
>  PD: Is correct "dynamic dispatch" in English?
>

No, dynamic dispatch is not the correct term here. Just dynamic (but
strong!) typing. Dynamic dispatch has to do with polymorphism:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_dispatch

Jason