From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2006-04-06T05:01:37+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Ruby Hacking Guide - New chapters (and a bonus)

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On 4/5/06, Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Apr 5, 2006, at 4:58 AM, Vincent Isambart wrote:
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> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > Here they are, translations of chapter 3, 4 and 6 of the Ruby
> > Hacking Guide!
> > We know the translation is far from being perfect, and we welcome any
> > correction on the text or diagrams of any chapter (even chapter 2).
> > Please send them as patches (attached to the mail, not just in the
> > body of the message) on the rhg-discussion mailing list
> > (http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rhg-discussion). The patches
> > should be done against the text files in the SVN repository
> > (http://rubyforge.org/scm/?group_id=3D1387).
>
> Thanks! I just starting reading and, and found this gem of an
> explanation for Qnil:
>
> > By the way, what is the 'Q' of Qnil? 'R' I would have understood
> > but why 'Q'? When I asked, the answer was "Because it's like that
> > in Emacs". I did not have the fun answer I was expecting=85
> Me either!
>
>
>
It surely has to do with StarTrek, does it not?

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