From: Pete McBreen <petemcbreen@...>
Date: 2001-09-20T08:05:26+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:21417] Re: Ruby/objects book in style of The Little Lisper

Brian Marick wrote in message
<5.1.0.14.0.20010919152224.02dc7c40@mail48727.popserver.pop.net>...
>If you also liked The Little Lisper, I'd be happy if you took a look at
my
>chapter and gave me your opinion:


I bought "A Little Java, A Few Patterns" and disliked it so much I never
even finished reading the book, so I possibly have a different slant :-)

>1) I'm trying to come close to TLL's gently whimsical tone. Have I got
it?


Yes, you definietly managed to get close to the whimsical style.

>2) Does the chapter show evidence that I can make a book build in the
>    way that TLL does?


Yes, it looks like you can make it build, but the real question is why
do you want to write in this style. If writing in that style is hard,
it's even harder to read and refer back to books written in this style.

>Please be frank. Writing in this style is surprisingly hard, so I want
to
>stop now if I'm not up to it.


If you separate what you are doing from the form you started with I
think you could do a great job of writing a gentle intro to Ruby and
Objects style of tutorial.
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Pete McBreen, McBreen.Consulting , Cochrane, AB
email: petemcbreen@acm.org    http://www.mcbreen.ab.ca/

Author, "Software Craftsmanship The New Imperative"
Addison-Wesley (C) 2002
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201733862