Abstract Method in Ruby

Abstract methods are supposed to be less useful in Ruby because it’s not strongly statically typed.

However, this is what I do:

class AbstractThing
  MESS = "SYSTEM ERROR: method missing"

  def method_one; raise MESS; end
  def method_two; raise MESS; end
end

class ConcreteThing < AbstractThing
  def method_one
     puts "hi"
  end
end

a = ConcreteThing.new
a.method_two # -> raises error.

It rarely seems to be necessary, however.