From: Philliam Auriemma Date: 2010-01-30T04:25:06+09:00 Subject: Re: newbie help : Ruby Processin Not sure I understand teh question, but in doing the setup method of an Example81 object which inherits from Processing::App, you turn the instance variable @my_car into a Car object by making a new one, with the parameter of the new Car as the instance of the Example81 class that you are working with.