From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2006-02-03T10:15:37+09:00
Subject: Re: [SUMMARY] Port a Library (#64)

On Feb 2, 2006, at 7:03 PM, Phil Tomson wrote:

> In article  
> <20060202133728.KIME613.centrmmtao03.cox.net@localhost.localdomain>,
> Ruby Quiz  <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
>>
>> 	Wrap Up
>>
>> Please take some time to look into the other solutions I didn't  
>> cover here.  All
>> of them were interesting ideas and I hope their authors will  
>> consider packaging
>> them up for all to use.
>>
>> Myself, and others, were worried that this would not be a popular  
>> quiz.  It far
>> exceeded my expectations though and I owe a big thank you to all  
>> who made that
>> happen!  You are all so clever it makes even me look good.
>>
>
> It would be cool to have a monthly Port-a-library exercise that  
> might run in
> parallel to the Ruby Quizes.  Lots of libraries are too large to  
> port in a
> weekend.

Interesting thought.  If you could divide up the bigger libraries,  
maybe the whole group could help do one at a time.

> it might also be interesting to have a 'hit-list' of libraries to port
> each month based on input from ruby-talk and other sources.

Ooo, I really like that idea.

Sounds like a project you just have to start, to me.  :)

James Edward Gray II