the further down this goes, the smaller the circles. Soon the point will come. And then back out

lib/core/base_object.rb

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-module Core
-  class BaseObject
-    
-    def _set_instance_variable(name , value)
-      return name
-    end
-
-    def _get_instance_variable( name )
-      return name
-    end
-
-    def _get_singleton_method(name )
-      return name
-    end
-    def _add_singleton_method(method)
-      return 4
-    end
-    def initialize()
-      return 4
-    end
-
-  end
-end

lib/core/kernel.rb

@@ -20,27 +20,6 @@ module Core
       def function_exit block , f_name
         Vm::RegisterMachine.instance.function_exit block , f_name
       end
-      
-      # in ruby, how this goes is   
-      #  def _get_instance_variable var
-      #     i = self.index_of(var)
-      #     return at_index(i)
-      #  end  
-      # The at_index is just "below" the api, somehting we need but don't want to expose, so we can't code the above in ruby
-      def _get_instance_variable context , name = Vm::Integer
-        get_function = Vm::Function.new(:_get_instance_variable , [Vm::Integer , Vm::Integer ] , Vm::Integer )
-        me = get_function.args[0]
-        var_name = get_function.args[1]
-        return_to = get_function.return_type
-        index_function = context.object_space.get_or_create_class(:Object).get_or_create_function(:index_of)
-        b = get_function.body
-        b.push( me )
-        index = b.call( index_function )
-        b.pop(me)
-        return_to.at_index( get_function.body , me , index )
-        get_function.set_return return_to
-        return get_function
-      end
 
       #TODO this is in the wrong place. It is a function that returns a function object
       #   while all other methods add their code into some block. --> kernel