From: Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@...>
Date: 2005-04-21T03:25:26+09:00
Subject: Re: The Ruby Way:  Second Edition (was Re: Obtaining Hal's "The Ruby Way" in the UK)

Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> writes:

> James Edward Gray II wrote:
>> On Apr 19, 2005, at 6:27 PM, Hal Fulton wrote:
>> 
>>> O'Reilly has a thing called Safari -- don't have a link handy. Anyhow,
>>> it's available electronically if you're a subscriber.
>> What *I* want to know is when do we get an updated copy, Hal?
>> Surely you've got plenty of fresh material to wow us with...  :)
>
> Ha... it's still a possibility. I've got other projects that keep me
> away from it at the moment...
>
> It would be a tough update, of course... 30% of the work would be
> (a) ripping out old stuff and (b) deciding what not to cover.
> That's assuming people don't want a 4,000 page book published in
> 2009 and weighing as much as a Volkswagen.

I, for one, would enjoy having a "The Art Of Ruby Programming". :-)

> Hal
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