From: Rick DeNatale Date: 2010-06-20T00:10:56+09:00 Subject: Re: Getting rid of self On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Josh Cheek wrote: > I'm curious whether his opinion is the same for Ruby as it is for Smalltalk. I asked him and got the answer I expected: "i don't see how the forces are any different in Ruby. e.g. C#'s properties makes the question moot because there's not cost to ind ref" I do think, and responded to him that there were subtle differences in the forces, like the use of the @ sigil to mark a direct iv access, but it was pretty much a wash. -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Github: http://github.com/rubyredrick Twitter: @RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale