From: Nate Lindstrom <nathan@...>
Date: 2012-01-01T06:15:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Check my terminology and understanding please

That makes sense, thank you!

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Klabnik [mailto:steve@steveklabnik.com] 
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 1:05 PM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: Check my terminology and understanding please

 variable = receiver.object.method( arguments )

Let's change the names so we don't get it confused:

foo = bar.baz.quxx(quxxx)

In this code, bar receives the message baz. The result recieves the message
quxx, with the arguments quxxx. This is assigned to foo.

Does that help?