From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2004-02-03T05:52:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Silly question

Jim Menard wrote:
> I've seen Smalltalkers use this:
> 
>     MyClass >> instanceMethod
> 
>     MyClass class >> classMethod
> 
> Jim

Hey, unlike #, this can even be made executable:

irb(main):001:0> class Class; alias >> instance_method; end
=> nil
irb(main):002:0> String >> :reverse
=> #<UnboundMethod: String#reverse>
irb(main):003:0> String.class >> :new
=> #<UnboundMethod: Class#new>

I kinda like it!