Whoo-hoo! My review of Hal Fulton's _The_Ruby_Way,_Second_Edition_ is on Slashdot! Nice respite after a loooong day at work fixing bugs in C programs...
Timothy Hunter wrote:
Whoo-hoo! My review of Hal Fulton's _The_Ruby_Way,_Second_Edition_ is on Slashdot! Nice respite after a loooong day at work fixing bugs in C programs...
Thanks much for writing this, Tim...
you're very kind.
Hal
Timothy Hunter wrote:
Whoo-hoo! My review of Hal Fulton's _The_Ruby_Way,_Second_Edition_ is on
Slashdot! Nice respite after a loooong day at work fixing bugs in C
programs...
Wow, precisely ZERO posts before the comments degenerated into unrelated
twaddle, flaming $LANGUAGE, making random utterly uninformed statements
about Ruby's maturity, and more blatant flamebaiting and trollbaiting.
Slashdot never ceases to amaze me...
(Even though it's hardly as bad as the claim that DRM reduces sound
quality because of quantum.)
David Vallner
My long-time favorite as well; that's why Dave and I put in "The Pragmatic Programmer" on page 188 
Now if we can just get more people to actually *do* that...
/\ndy
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On Nov 9, 2006, at 9:10 AM, EB wrote:
Timothy Hunter wrote:
Whoo-hoo! My review of Hal Fulton's _The_Ruby_Way,_Second_Edition_ is on Slashdot! Nice respite after a loooong day at work fixing bugs in C programs...
The Ruby Way - SlashdotMy favorite quote (so far, I'm not very far into it) from the book:
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing left to add,
but when there is nothing left to take away.-- Antoine de St. Exupery
I ordered my copy from Amazon two days ago. I can't wait to receive it, as
I've heard nothing but good things.
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On 11/8/06, Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> wrote:
Timothy Hunter wrote:
> Whoo-hoo! My review of Hal Fulton's _The_Ruby_Way,_Second_Edition_ is on
> Slashdot! Nice respite after a loooong day at work fixing bugs in C
> programs...
>
> The Ruby Way - SlashdotThanks much for writing this, Tim...
you're very kind.Hal
I Soviet Russia, slashdot trolls YOU!!
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On 11/9/06, David Vallner <david@vallner.net> wrote:
Wow, precisely ZERO posts before the comments degenerated into unrelated
twaddle, flaming $LANGUAGE, making random utterly uninformed statements
about Ruby's maturity, and more blatant flamebaiting and trollbaiting.Slashdot never ceases to amaze me...
--
Lou.
I have both editions for "Ruby Way" in my safari bookshelf.
Strange..they weren't offering it for addition to bookshelf couple of
days ago.
Now..they do.
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On 11/9/06, Andrew Hunt <andy@pragmaticprogrammer.com> wrote:
On Nov 9, 2006, at 9:10 AM, EB wrote:
> Timothy Hunter wrote:
>> Whoo-hoo! My review of Hal Fulton's _The_Ruby_Way,_Second_Edition_
>> is on Slashdot! Nice respite after a loooong day at work fixing
>> bugs in C programs...
>> The Ruby Way - Slashdot
>
> My favorite quote (so far, I'm not very far into it) from the book:
>
> Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing left to add,
> but when there is nothing left to take away.
>
> -- Antoine de St. ExuperyMy long-time favorite as well; that's why Dave and I put in "The
Pragmatic Programmer" on page 188Now if we can just get more people to actually *do* that...
/\ndy
--
There was only one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs
were at every doorstep, and every path was its tributary.
Hal,
Is there plans to release this as a pdf? I'd really like to get my
(virtual) hands on a pdf of this.
Cheers
slashdot is a meta-troll. It's obvious when you think about it.
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On 11/9/06, Louis J Scoras <louis.j.scoras@gmail.com> wrote:
On 11/9/06, David Vallner <david@vallner.net> wrote:
>
> Wow, precisely ZERO posts before the comments degenerated into unrelated
> twaddle, flaming $LANGUAGE, making random utterly uninformed statements
> about Ruby's maturity, and more blatant flamebaiting and trollbaiting.
>
> Slashdot never ceases to amaze me...
>I Soviet Russia, slashdot trolls YOU!!
--
Lou.
Daniel N wrote:
Hal,
Is there plans to release this as a pdf? I'd really like to get my
(virtual) hands on a pdf of this.
Through Safari, I think.
Hal
I got it on PDF but with much DRM.
I'm sorry to say that is has been an endless pain for me, many support
emails, much re-authorising, and repeated accusations from the Reader
about me having moved the file to another device. Still today, I can't
read the book I paid for.
So try to get a version without DRM.
Les
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On 11/9/06, Daniel N <has.sox@gmail.com> wrote:
Hal,
Is there plans to release this as a pdf? I'd really like to get my
(virtual) hands on a pdf of this.
Sorri I'm not sure what you mean by safari. Do you have a link..
Cheers
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On 11/9/06, Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> wrote:
Daniel N wrote:
> Hal,
>
> Is there plans to release this as a pdf? I'd really like to get my
> (virtual) hands on a pdf of this.Through Safari, I think.
Hal
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On 8-Nov-06, at 8:30 PM, Daniel N wrote:
On 11/9/06, Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> wrote:
Daniel N wrote:
> Hal,
>
> Is there plans to release this as a pdf? I'd really like to get my
> (virtual) hands on a pdf of this.Through Safari, I think.
Hal
Sorri I'm not sure what you mean by safari. Do you have a link..
Cheers
--
Mike Stok <mike@stok.ca>
http://www.stok.ca/~mike/
The "`Stok' disclaimers" apply.
Daniel N wrote:
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On 11/9/06, Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> wrote:
Through Safari, I think.
Hal
Sorri I'm not sure what you mean by safari. Do you have a link..
http://safari.oreilly.com/ I believe...
Hal
Thanx for the link.
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On 11/9/06, Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> wrote:
Daniel N wrote:
> On 11/9/06, Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Through Safari, I think.
>>
>> Hal
>
> Sorri I'm not sure what you mean by safari. Do you have a link..
>http://safari.oreilly.com/ I believe...
Hal