Why a constant is called constant "variable"

Question

its wrong please correct it

Answer 1

You can change/redefine a constant in Ruby though. You'll just get a warning to notify you about it.

Answer 2

Constants are variables that can't be changed.

Answer 3

constant variables are variables though. They just can not be changed once they are set but you can set them to anything. Thus they are a constant variable.

const x = 5 is a constant variable opposed to say the number 5, which is a literal constant.

Answer 4

@Pegasus: Only if you attempt to change them during runtime. Changing the value before runtime is perfectly valid.

Answer 5

Altering then might return an error too

Answer 6

@jay thanks