From: Benoit Daloze Date: 2011-01-27T22:15:18+09:00 Subject: Re: Singleton class, metaclass, eigenclass: what do they mean? On 22 January 2011 13:18, Martin DeMello wrote: > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 9:28 PM, Jonas Pfenniger (zimbatm) > wrote: >> Eigenclass was cool IMO, because it's a weird >> name, and make ruby special. > > I think it's more that those of us with a maths/engineering background > found it a familiar and comfortable term. > > martin For me, eigenclass is just weird cool. But anyway, the choice has been made.