Why's Poignant Guide to Ruby, Chapter Five: Them What Make the Rules and Them What Live the Dream

Beloved friends and key witnesses: Holy highkick! I (at last) present
chapter five!

Fifty-two pages of spooky new adventures in Ruby. This is a big one
for me: the book is now halfway. And I guarantee to you that -- should
you read -- you will be in a new place, wading in the schemings of pygmy
elephants and deer with powdered wigs.

Travel now and read: http://poignantguide.net/ruby/

What is the (Poignant) Guide? I am here to tell you that it is a very
obscure book, a minor ripple in the orchestrations of mankind, a
scattered amalgamation of inky blotches and ridiculous code fragments --
at best -- a transcription of animal software from the original
woodblock prints. And I haven't meant to corrupt the text with my
snivelling biographies, but it has happened already, what can be
done?

A printable HTML version is available as well. You'll find a link to it
and instructions for printing in Firefox at the Guide's site. Be aware,
it's large as a squirrel heaven. Let it load, let it.

Well, cheerio. Thankyou to Matz for his excellent resource "Ruby in a
Nutshell". It's the employee handbook here at the plant.

_why

Very nice _why. I like reading your sites often. My
favorite topic is "bread man". Your guide is most
excellent, keep it up :slight_smile:

--dross

--- why the lucky stiff

···

<ruby-talk@whytheluckystiff.net> wrote:

Beloved friends and key witnesses: Holy highkick! I
(at last) present
chapter five!

Fifty-two pages of spooky new adventures in Ruby.
This is a big one
for me: the book is now halfway. And I guarantee to
you that -- should
you read -- you will be in a new place, wading in
the schemings of pygmy
elephants and deer with powdered wigs.

Travel now and read: http://poignantguide.net/ruby/

What is the (Poignant) Guide? I am here to tell you
that it is a very
obscure book, a minor ripple in the orchestrations
of mankind, a
scattered amalgamation of inky blotches and
ridiculous code fragments --
at best -- a transcription of animal software from
the original
woodblock prints. And I haven't meant to corrupt
the text with my
snivelling biographies, but it has happened already,
what can be
done?

A printable HTML version is available as well.
You'll find a link to it
and instructions for printing in Firefox at the
Guide's site. Be aware,
it's large as a squirrel heaven. Let it load, let
it.

Well, cheerio. Thankyou to Matz for his excellent
resource "Ruby in a
Nutshell". It's the employee handbook here at the
plant.

_why

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Most brilliant again, why. Thank you.

kaspar

...and the list goes silent for an hour, as everyone takes another
vacation into why's bizarre universe.

Crazy as always, why.

···

--
Lennon
rcoder.net

Thanks, David, Kaspar, Lennon, Gavin. If any of you have some counsel for improving the teaching employed so far, head over to the poignant-stiffs list: <http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/poignant-stiffs&gt;

I could really use some input. Is anyone actually learning Ruby through the book? Also: got any ideas for getting it out to people who wouldn't normally read a manual?

_why

David Ross wrote:

···

Very nice _why. I like reading your sites often. My
favorite topic is "bread man". Your guide is most
excellent, keep it up :slight_smile:

--dross

--- why the lucky stiff
<ruby-talk@whytheluckystiff.net> wrote:

Beloved friends and key witnesses: Holy highkick! I
(at last) present
chapter five!

Fifty-two pages of spooky new adventures in Ruby. This is a big one
for me: the book is now halfway. And I guarantee to
you that -- should
you read -- you will be in a new place, wading in
the schemings of pygmy
elephants and deer with powdered wigs.

Travel now and read: http://poignantguide.net/ruby/

What is the (Poignant) Guide? I am here to tell you
that it is a very
obscure book, a minor ripple in the orchestrations
of mankind, a
scattered amalgamation of inky blotches and
ridiculous code fragments --
at best -- a transcription of animal software from
the original
woodblock prints. And I haven't meant to corrupt
the text with my
snivelling biographies, but it has happened already,
what can be
done?

A printable HTML version is available as well. You'll find a link to it
and instructions for printing in Firefox at the
Guide's site. Be aware,
it's large as a squirrel heaven. Let it load, let
it.

Well, cheerio. Thankyou to Matz for his excellent
resource "Ruby in a
Nutshell". It's the employee handbook here at the
plant.

_why

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Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today!
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An hour? Much more like three.

This is one hefty tome. Well worth the money.

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On Sep 21, 2004, at 12:46 PM, Lennon Day-Reynolds wrote:

...and the list goes silent for an hour, as everyone takes another
vacation into why's bizarre universe.