From: Patrick Podenski <podenski@...>
Date: 2011-11-25T01:30:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Genric List in Ruby

Also read about duck typing:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_typing

From my iPhone 
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Pat


On Nov 24, 2011, at 2:03 AM, Dido Sevilla <dido.sevilla@gmail.com> wrote:

> Ruby is dynamically typed. Even the basic Array type can contain values
> that are of any type whatsoever, so it is already a generic list which is
> even more generic and flexible than the generic lists you can create in
> most languages like C# and Java. It is perfectly legal to make an array
> like:
> 
> [ "a", 1, :b, SomeObject.new]
> 
> where each element has a completely different type. I think it will take a
> while for dynamic typing to sink in for someone like you who is used to
> static types, but do take the time to understand it because it is what
> makes Ruby what it is.