On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 11:27 AM, elise huard <huard.elise / gmail.com> wrote: > I guess you could work only with modules and class methods, and avoid > instantiating any objects except Kernel, but it would be awfully ugly > and pointless exercise. As I understand it, you wouldn't use classes or modules at all. Only top-level methods ("functions") and statements. I use this style a lot for little utility scripts (I now use Ruby instead of bash, generally, for these things). Jesus.