Re: Not quite getting it.

> Hi,
> I'm trying to get whats Ruby is all about.
> I've been doing .NET since beta so I'm kind of stuck in the static typed
> mindset.
>
> The parts that I do get:
>
> I love metaprogramming, I was able to make a port of my .NET AOP
> framework that took about 3 months to do in .NET in a week in Ruby (w/o
> ever touching ruby before.. )
>
> I also understand that its nice with auto promotion of number types when
> they would overflow in other languages.
>
> What I don't get:
>
> How do you deal with ducktyping?
> How can anyone assume that just because a method exists that the
> semantics is the same?
>