RE: My own

It is truly an object oriented language... no hybrid datatypes!

When I gave it a glance a while back, it didn't look like you could subclass or extend the built-in classes. Did I read that wrong?

Or am I just confusing it with that so-called OO language being hyped by Sun? {grin}

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RE: RE: My own by kapper (Chaplain) on Oct 26, 2000 at 22:20 UTC
The following code will output Ruby is a great language! `a="Perl" def a.+ other "Ruby"+other end a+=" is a great language!\n"` [download] So, ruby does actually allow you to extend and redefine it's built-classes.. the example also works if you define a new class which inherits String, instead of using singleton style inheritance.. I have not however tested this with every built-in class, but those I have tried it with, worked fine! Or am I just confusing it with that so-called OO language being hyped by Sun? {grin} He he... probably... I have had alot of beginners getting really confused over the hybrid style of Java...	[reply] [d/l]
Re (tilly) 3: My own by tilly (Archbishop) on Dec 08, 2000 at 04:45 UTC
Having looked at it recently I think that there may be a couple of exceptions. Specifically Fixnum. However since that is just an internal representation of Integer I don't think there is any practical limitation there.	[reply]
RE: RE: My own by Anonymous Monk on Oct 30, 2000 at 21:07 UTC
Heh, no, Ruby is much more dynamic than that :) You can subclass, extend, etc. to your heart's desire.	[reply]


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