From: Chad Perrin <code@...>
Date: 2011-05-01T03:16:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Is everything object ?

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On Sun, May 01, 2011 at 12:48:13AM +0900, Duke Normandin wrote:
> On Sun, 1 May 2011, Michael Sokol wrote:
> >
> > I like Chad's explanation.
> >
> > I'd like to add that by definition, an object is a state and a
> > behavior. In the case of a method object, it surely has a behavior,
> > but I would question its state.
>=20
> I've dabbled with Smalltalk and Self, and so his explanations of the
> way Ruby operates remind me _a lot_ of how the former languages work.

Relevant to this, Kent Beck is reputed to have said "I always knew that
one day Smalltalk would replace Java. I just didn't know it would be
called Ruby."

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Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]

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