From: dblack@... Date: 2003-08-23T08:57:53+09:00 Subject: Re: Class variables - a surprising result Hi -- On Sat, 23 Aug 2003, Alan Chen wrote: > dblack@superlink.net wrote in message news:... > > I can't help wondering why the term "static" is coming up so much. > > The "static" term comes from C++ and/or Java where it declares > a variable which is a single instance of that variable, scoped > to the class, with access properties passed by inheritance to the > children. Just to clarify: I know the term, and where it comes from (at least, the proximate source, namely C++ and Java) -- it's the relevance to Ruby that I'm examining and wondering about, for the reasons in my earlier post. David -- David Alan Black home: dblack@superlink.net work: blackdav@shu.edu Web: http://pirate.shu.edu/~blackdav