From: Marnen Laibow-Koser <marnen@...>
Date: 2009-11-28T13:31:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Class variables, instance variables, singleton; Ruby v.

Ralph Shnelvar wrote:
[...]
> I am clueless what all of the above does.  It is WAY over my head.
> 
> I have read that section on how self is set in the Pickaxe book a
> dozen times ... and I'm still lost.

Then read it 13 times, or find supplementary material on the Web. 
You've got to understand this stuff if you want to do nontrivial stuff 
in Ruby.

> 
> How would I go about deciphering the meaning of what you wrote, above?

The same way you'd decipher anything else.  Read it.  Understand every 
word and symbol.  What you don't understand, look up.  Ask questions 
only after you've made a bona fide serious attempt to figure it out 
yourself.

Best,
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