From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2005-11-18T23:02:35+09:00
Subject: Re: comp.lang.ruby FAQ

James Britt <james_b@neurogami.com> wrote:
> 
> The book list on ruby-doc is pretty-well structured.  It's coded by hand 
> (it doesn't change often enough), but I cut-n-paste, so WWW::Mechanize, 
> for example, should help with a fairly terse script to fetch the list.
> 
> But it seems simpler to just use the FAQ to refer people to more 
> complete sources of information.

I'm a fan of having FAQs self-contained on one site, or even one page,
as far as possible. Of course, some sort of balance needs to be struck,
but I think a list of books in the FAQ isn't excessive.

martin