From: Gavin Kistner <gavin@...>
Date: 2005-11-24T00:38:26+09:00
Subject: Re: teaching ruby as cs intro?

On Nov 23, 2005, at 4:49 AM, Mike Schwab wrote:
> http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?RubyIdioms <- a taste of Ruby
> http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/ <- a free textbook  
> (newer version available)
> http://www.ruby-forum.com <- discussion of real-world uses
> http://www.zenspider.com/Languages/Ruby/index.html <- papers from  
> Ruby conferences

If this list of resources is part of what you plan on sending, I  
would leave off that first URL. One reason we have an idioms page is  
because the meaning of the code in the idioms is not readily  
apparent. I think a far better leading url would be pointing to a  
small, non-obfuscated ruby program that performs a task common in a  
CS teaching environment. Something clean and readable and  
appropriately commented. Something that is probably understandable to  
a CS professor who doesn't know ruby but does know coding, and hence  
may be able to appreciate the language.