From: Jim Freeze <jim@...>
Date: 2003-03-24T22:21:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Types (was Re: Ruby lecture slides (was Strong advantages over Python))

On Monday, 24 March 2003 at 16:33:35 +0900, Dave Thomas wrote:
> 
> Take this example:
> 
>    class Fred
>      def shout
>        puts "wilma"
>      end
>    end
> 
>    f = Fred.new
> 
>    o = Object.new
>    def o.shout
>      puts "wilma"
>    end
> 
> 'f' and 'o' have different classes (Fred and Object respectively) but 
> they have indistinguishable types (for all intents and purposes). In 

Thanks for the fine example, but for those of us who are a little slow,
what exactly are the types of 'f' and 'o'?

Thanks
-- 
Jim Freeze
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