From: "ara.t.howard" Date: 2008-07-22T08:40:12+09:00 Subject: Re: protected members or explicit abstract classes? On Jul 21, 2008, at 3:39 AM, aidy wrote: > Hi, > > I am reading a book on Java OO. > > Could anyone tell me why Ruby does not include protected members nor > explicit abstract classes? > > Thank You > > Aidy as rubyists, we never protect our members. a @ http://codeforpeople.com/ -- we can deny everything, except that we have the possibility of being better. simply reflect on that. h.h. the 14th dalai lama