On 1/28/07, Thomas Hafner <thomas / hafner.nl.eu.org> wrote: > "Austin Ziegler" <halostatue / gmail.com> wrote/schrieb <9e7db9110701271150i30ae8023h27dfcae386a3629e / mail.gmail.com>: > > The simplest way to remember this is that variables in Ruby aren't > > chunks of memory. > Or: they are a chunk of memory, but the only kind of value they can > contain is a reference to an object. A variable is not such an object, > i.e. there are no references to variables. It's better not to consider variables in Ruby as anything but a label and as such *not* a chunk of memory. Chunks of memory suggest object status or possibilities; this is not part of Ruby. Your graphs are pretty close to correct. I have to finish some articles talking about variables in Ruby and post them at some point. -austin -- Austin Ziegler * halostatue / gmail.com * http://www.halostatue.ca/ * austin / halostatue.ca * http://www.halostatue.ca/feed/ * austin / zieglers.ca