From: Chad Fowler <chad@...>
Date: 2003-11-20T04:50:16+09:00
Subject: Re: "stereotyping" (was: Re: Strong Typing (Re: Managing metadata about attribute types) )

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Sean O'Dell wrote:

# 
# A class is a declaration which says "I do this." 

This is the root of the misunderstanding.  A class is a convenient 
collection of behaviors that can be applied, like a template, to an 
object.  In Ruby, it's not a declaration.