From: Robert Dober Date: 2008-11-28T10:12:14+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby's duck typing > Ruby doesn't support generic functions, so there's a limit to this > approach, Which limit Brian? I do not see anything Ruby cannot do where you *have* to use generics in other languages. Do I miss the obvious here? Generics are used to create instantiations of a generic for given type parameters. As there are no types in ruby the method just takes the place of the generic function. Robert -- Ne baisse jamais la tête, tu ne verrais plus les étoiles. Robert Dober ;)