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Re:Ruby, Smalltalk and Class Variables by gwright on Monday December 17, 2012 @12:54PM (#4933391)
Yep and that was one of the reasons that the naming confusion persisted for so long.
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Re:Ruby, Smalltalk and Class Variables by chc on Monday December 17, 2012 @02:26PM (#4933863)
Also one of the reasons it's a little bit annoying that they picked a term that already had a different meaning not only within the wider context of programming in general, but within their own language.
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