On Nov 4, 4:59 ¨Âí¬ Ùõëéèéòï Íáôóõíïô¼í®®®Àòõâùìáîç®ïòç¾ ÷òïôåº > Hi, > > In message "Re: Ruby doesn't implement x++ for Fixnum's because ???" > on Thu, 5 Nov 2009 04:25:05 +0900, RichardOnRails <RichardDummyMailbox58... / USComputerGurus.com> writes: > > |BTW, ¨Â§í îïáäöïãáôéîç ø«æïÒõâù ¨Â§í êõóô ôòùéîç ôï õîäåòóôáîä > |whether Ruby would literally change 1 to 2 as opposed to change a > |variable that contains 1 to subsequently contain 2. > > There's no way to modify local variables by sending message in Ruby. > > matz. Thanks for your response, Matz. I've got to study David Black's book more thoroughly. Best wishes, Richard