From: Gary Wright Date: 2010-03-23T14:15:25+09:00 Subject: Re: less than sign for inheritance in classes On Mar 23, 2010, at 12:05 AM, Smart RoR wrote: > Every operator is a method in ruby.... > > like 1 - 1 = 0 here - is a method. > > That is my understanding.... Let me try again. The '<' in a class definition is not an operator and so doesn't have an associated method. It looks like an operator but is not parsed or interpreted as an operator when used in a class definition. Gary Wright