In Ruby, everything is an object; so they say. Is it true?

Question

In Ruby, everything is an object; so they say. But I think that it should be "Everything else apart from variables, is an object. " This is because variables act as a reference point to the objects they represent. What do you guys think?

Answer 1

What is a variable ? A reference to a portion of memory which containts encapsulated data and methods? I prefer to think about it as objects. I think that variables and predefined constants must be considered objects

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Answer 2

Javier Felipe Toribio I don't think that's true, as variables are replaced with the memory locations when the Bytecode is generated.