>>>>> "P" == Paul Brannan <pbrannan / atdesk.com> writes:

P> 3. Should dup be implemented in terms of clone or should clone be
P>    implented in terms of dup (or should they both be implemented
P>    independently or in terms of another function)?

 For 1.6 Kernel#dup is implemented via Kernel#clone 

 1.8 use #initialize_copy



Guy Decoux