From: why the lucky stiff <ruby-talk@...>
Date: 2004-09-22T23:55:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Why's Poignant Guide to Ruby, Chapter Five: Them What Make the Rules and Them What Live the Dream

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>

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 :) 
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>--dross
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>--- why the lucky stiff
><ruby-talk@whytheluckystiff.net> wrote:
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>>Beloved friends and key witnesses: Holy highkick! I
>>(at last) present
>>chapter five!
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>>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.
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>>Travel now and read: http://poignantguide.net/ruby/
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>>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?
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>>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.
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>>_why
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