>Regardless, I think the author's point was more that there's nothing "special" about getters and setters in Ruby. They're just plain ol' methods. Ah, that's a

>Regardless, I think the author's point was more that there's nothing "special" about getters and setters in Ruby. They're just plain ol' methods. Ah, that's a good point. That seems to be a more accurate interpretation of what the author was trying to express.