Hi,
Does the dead tree version of the pickaxe book have additional
information over the online, downloadable version?
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Jim wrote:
Does the dead tree version of the pickaxe book have additional
information over the online, downloadable version?
I don’t think there are any fundamental differences in the content. Some
(or all?) of the figures in the print book didn’t make it into the
online book. A more serious distraction when reading the online version
is that there are references to page numbers in the print version (e.g.
“… for more information see XXX on page 200”) that are useless for the
online version.
So, do the right thing and buy the book 
So, do the right thing and buy the book
Is a new version with 1.8.0 changes is planed (printed book) ?
regards
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Cedric Foll
courriel: cedric dot foll at laposte dot net
Aha! Mine one just arrived after a month and a half astray!
Thanks Dave and Andy – and how’s the jukebox doing?
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On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 05:47:26AM +0900, Lyle Johnson wrote:
So, do the right thing and buy the book
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---- WBR, Michael Shigorin mike@altlinux.ru
------ Linux.Kiev http://www.linux.kiev.ua/
So, do the right thing and buy the book
Is a new version with 1.8.0 changes is planed (printed book) ?
here’s what ‘‘the master’’ say’d about that
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On Sat, 1 Feb 2003 07:07:37 +0900 “Cédric Foll” foll_cedric@hotmail.com wrote:
From: Dave Thomas dave@pragprog.com
To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org (ruby-talk ML)
Reply-To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
Subject: Updates to Programming Ruby: Request for Help
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 08:13:38 +0900
X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.5
Folks:
I’ve been wondering how much it’s going to take to get Programming Ruby
up to date wrt Ruby 1.8. I’ll be working the changelog and news files,
but at the same time it’s easy to miss stuff. So, I’m asking for help.
I’ve created a set of pages starting at
http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?ProgrammingRubyTwo
where we can start listing out the changes that need making.
Here’s my cry for help. Could folks get in the habit of noting changes
between Ruby 1.6.1 (on which the book is based) and Ruby 1.8 in these
pages? I’m looking just for the factual stuff: methods, classes,
modules that have been added or removed, syntax that’s changed, all that
kind of stuff. There’s a separate page (ChangesToProgrammingRuby) where
you can vent on the style, explanations, and other stuff.
Does this mean there’s a second edition coming? No - not necessarily.
But before any decision gets made, we need to have a feel for how big
the job is.
Thanks in advance for your help
Cheers
Dave
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