From: Nat Pryce <nat.pryce@...13media.com>
Date: 2002-12-06T19:05:12+09:00
Subject: Re: What's important to know about Ruby?

From: "ted" <ted@php.net>
> I believe Ruby to be a "small" language -- like C.  There is relatively
> little to know about the C language itself: for, while, if, do, ...
>
> But what gives C its power are the functions: printf, ... You have to know
> the functions needed to make your program do what it's supposed to do.
>
> Are the different classes and methods within each class the equivalent
> "learning curve" for Ruby?

Yes, and even more so than C. In C, primitive types are manipulated by
operators that are part of the language. In Ruby "primitive" types are just
objects with methods, and are manipulated like any user defined object.

Cheers,
            Nat.