From: "Bruce F." <brucedfeist@...>
Date: 2010-11-07T12:22:09+09:00
Subject: Code in a class but not in a method -- please explain!

I'm a newcomer to Ruby, and I'm confused about what executable
statements which are in a class definition, but not explicitly in a
method, mean.  How are they executed?  I assume that there's an implicit
method that they define; is that right?

The most obvious example is the one-line program:
puts "Hello, World!"

Since there's no explicit class definition, I understand that it's in an
automatically generated class (main).  But, what method of that class is
it in?  And, if it were an explicit class, how would I execute it?
(Apparently it's executed automatically if it's in main.)

Thanks,
Bruce

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