From: Avdi Grimm Date: 2008-04-08T06:27:43+09:00 Subject: Re: Method parameters Type On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Jason Roelofs wrote: > No, dynamic dispatch is not the correct term here. Just dynamic (but > strong!) typing. Dynamic dispatch has to do with polymorphism: Dynamic dispatch is correct. Methods are dispatched dynamically on the type of the receiver. Perhaps you were thinking of *multiple* dispatch, which Ruby does not support inherently. -- Avdi