From: sachin.s32@...
Date: 2013-02-21T18:53:20+09:00
Subject: Re: THE CLASS/OBJECT CHICKEN-AND-EGG PARADOX

Love U Ruby: 

Please re-read the mail chain before asking questions. The below line can be found in the attached mail (last paragraph).

"This is a paragraph taken from David A. Black's book."

-----Original Message-----
From: Xavier R. [mailto:lists@ruby-forum.com] 
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 2:28 AM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: THE CLASS/OBJECT CHICKEN-AND-EGG PARADOX

Matt Mongeau wrote in post #1098058:
> Maybe you could provide more detail about what you are confused about.

The class Class is an instance of itself; that is, it’s a Class object. 
And there’s more.
Remember the class Object? Well, Object is a class—but classes are 
objects. So,Object is an object. And Class is a class. And Object is a 
class, and Class is an object.

Which came first? How can the class Class be created unless the class 
Object
already exists? But how can there be a class Object (or any other class) 
until there’s a class Class of which there can be instances?

This is a paragraph taken from David A. Black's book.The above paragraph 
made me too confused.

Thanks

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