From: Dave Thomas <Dave / thomases.com>

> matz / netlab.co.jp (Yukihiro Matsumoto) writes:

> >     on 00/03/16, Dave Thomas <Dave / thomases.com> writes:
> > 
> > |Will there be any new methods to support them:
> > |
> > |  Kernel#shared_variables
> > |  Kernel#remove_shared_variable
> > |
> > |and the like?
> > 
> > There should be for consistency.
> 
> ;-)
> 
> > 
> > |Will they be called shared variables or class variables?
> > 
> > I've not decided yet.  What do you think guys?
> 
> I'd vote for 'class variables' -- the more 'standard' our terminology,
> the less confusing it is for people new to the language. People know
> what a class variable is, whereas 'shared variable' could mean many
> things.
> 
> We can always explain the module stuff as a kind of cut-down class.

As a people new to the language, I'd also vote for 'class variables'.

Conrad