Comments on: 3.times { ERH Links } http://www.ditchnet.org/wp/2007/02/07/3times-erh-links/ XML, Cocoa, JavaScript, Java and other stuff. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:59:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Skade http://www.ditchnet.org/wp/2007/02/07/3times-erh-links/#comment-265406 Skade Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:34:01 +0000 http://www.ditchnet.org/wp/2007/02/07/3times-erh-links/#comment-265406 Ruby is not more object-orientated as Java because you can call Methods on ordinary numbers. You can do so in Java: Integer a = new Integer(2); //a nice Integer Object The Difference between Java and Ruby is the _everything_ in Ruby is a first-Class Object. Even Classes. Classes in Java are a strange Bastard in between, hidden behind a cumbersome API called 'Reflection'. Ruby is not more object-orientated as Java because you can call Methods on ordinary numbers.

You can do so in Java:

Integer a = new Integer(2); //a nice Integer Object

The Difference between Java and Ruby is the _everything_ in Ruby is a first-Class Object. Even Classes. Classes in Java are a strange Bastard in between, hidden behind a cumbersome API called ‘Reflection’.

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