On 5/8/05, Ryan Leavengood <mrcode / netrox.net> wrote:
> Dr Balwinder S Dheeman wrote:
> > So as per 2nd definition above, how is about...
> > 'abstract class'
> > 'abstract objects'
> > 'abstract methods'
> I think that has a greater chance of confusion than the current
> "singleton class" naming. Abstract class in the larger sense of OO
> programming is very much unlike the Ruby constructs we are discussing.

And, the singleton class of an object is anything but abstract -- it
is an inherent part of the object's existence.

-austin
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