I've just finished a first pass through the built-in library reference for the third edition of the PickAxe. Totting up the numbers, I see 6 more classes and something like 200 new methods. A boatload of the existing methods have changes too, from additional calling sequences to new defaults.
Enjoy
Dave
Well you better get cracking then!
Only kidding 
cheers,
On Mar 20, 7:09 am, Dave Thomas <d...@pragprog.com> wrote:
I've just finished a first pass through the built-in library reference
for the third edition of the PickAxe. Totting up the numbers, I see 6
more classes and something like 200 new methods. A boatload of the
existing methods have changes too, from additional calling sequences
to new defaults.Enjoy
Dave
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Mark
Dave Thomas wrote:
I've just finished a first pass through the built-in library reference for the third edition of the PickAxe. Totting up the numbers, I see 6 more classes and something like 200 new methods.
Makes me wonder if Matz et al have reviewed Guy Steel's "Growing a Language"
1998 OOPSLA talk lately:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8860158196198824415
Regards,
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P.S. Thanks to Marick for the link -- I'd only previously heard legend
of this talk.
Already did--all those changes are in the beta I just pushed 
Dave
On Mar 19, 2008, at 11:29 PM, markonlinux@gmail.com wrote:
Well you better get cracking then!
Only kidding
Ahh, that video brings back memories. As I recall I was sitting
somewhere near the camera. I particularly loved the "person at work
who deals with marks of trade."
Those were the good old days, before Powerpoint (or at least laptops
and projectors) when we used to carry our talks as boxes of
transparencies (or foils as we used to call them at IBM).
On 3/29/08, Bil Kleb <Bil.Kleb@nasa.gov> wrote:
Dave Thomas wrote:
> I've just finished a first pass through the built-in library reference
> for the third edition of the PickAxe. Totting up the numbers, I see 6
> more classes and something like 200 new methods.Makes me wonder if Matz et al have reviewed Guy Steel's "Growing a Language"
1998 OOPSLA talk lately:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8860158196198824415
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My blog on Ruby
http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/
Bil Kleb wrote:
Dave Thomas wrote:
I've just finished a first pass through the built-in library reference for the third edition of the PickAxe. Totting up the numbers, I see 6 more classes and something like 200 new methods.
Makes me wonder if Matz et al have reviewed Guy Steel's "Growing a Language"
1998 OOPSLA talk lately:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8860158196198824415
Quoting from the talk:
"A good programmer does not just write programs,(...) a good programmer does language design". So Matz's claim at Euruko that he's not really a good programmer is pure humility
V.-
Dave Thomas wrote:
On Mar 19, 2008, at 11:29 PM, markonlinux@gmail.com wrote:
Well you better get cracking then!
Only kiddingAlready did--all those changes are in the beta I just pushed
Thank you!
Regards,
--
http://twitter.com/bil_kleb
Rick DeNatale wrote:
Those were the good old days, before Powerpoint (or at least laptops
and projectors) when we used to carry our talks as boxes of
transparencies (or foils as we used to call them at IBM).
Hence the expression, "Curses! Foiled again!"
yep, thanks,
just 'regenerating' it know.
cheers,
On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:42:13 -0400 Bil Kleb <Bil.Kleb@NASA.gov> wrote:
Dave Thomas wrote:
> On Mar 19, 2008, at 11:29 PM, markonlinux@gmail.com wrote:
>> Well you better get cracking then!
>> Only kidding
>
> Already did--all those changes are in the beta I just pushedThank you!
Regards,
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http://twitter.com/bil_kleb
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Mark