From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2003-12-06T05:54:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Attempted roadmap of future instance variables....

gabriele renzi wrote:
> well, not about really selling it, but when I need to explain ruby to
> a friend:
> "well, you @instance_vars, $global, and local, Easy ain't it ?
> Oh, and, yes, you have @@class_vars.
> And, then, you have.."

I see your point. My explanation would be more like:
"In Perl, a prefix indicates type; in Ruby, it indicates
scope. Locals and methods are unprefixed, etc."

> BTW, pushing ruby is not so important to me.

It is to me, though. :)

>  The real point is that @_ is ugly to me ;P

Agreed.

Hal