The use of the various *eval*

Ruby
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Why are there so many different ways to eval, when they achieve
basically the same thing?

I mean, I am beginning to wonder if it is not easier to just stick to
eval() and ignore the method_missing, define_method, class_eval and
instance_eval hacks altogether.

There seems to be a multitude of almost the same thing being done here.

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Marc H. wrote in post #1049317:

Why are there so many different ways to eval, when they achieve
basically the same thing?

I mean, I am beginning to wonder if it is not easier to just stick to
eval() and ignore the method_missing, define_method, class_eval and
instance_eval hacks altogether.

There seems to be a multitude of almost the same thing being done here.

I might agree with you when I am a newbie, but one day you will come
across to the necessity of using these glories features of ruby. So grab
a ruby book and read about various favors of eval’s. You will benefit
sooner or later!