From: Al Chou Date: 2001-09-21T08:26:42+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:21473] Re: Ruby/objects book in style of The Little Lisper --- Brian Marick wrote: > Thanks for the encouragement. You're welcome! And BTW, thanks for _The Craft of Software Testing_. I stumbled across a hurt copy at Computer Literacy in San Jose a few months ago, and it gave me sorely needed guidance in planning the testing of a new network protocol. I didn't realize quite how lucky a find it was until I read reviews describing it as probably the only book on white-box testing. > At 11:47 AM 9/20/01, you wrote: > >If it's not your aim to emulate TLL's low level > >of prerequisites, then please ignore the preceding comment. > > Ideally, I'd like to aim for the same level. In practice, I'll be happy if > >Your explanations > >in the right-hand column tend toward exposition that has not yet been > >motivated by a question in the left-hand column. > > Yes. I'm going to try harder to avoid that. It may be my natural > pontificating style coming through. Or I may be too eager to get all the > basics in place (instance variables, etc.) rather than build them question > by question. If you can continue in the same vein, I think it would be worthwhile to write several more chapters rather than try to refine the style too much right now (your style so far would not be too difficult to edit to be extremely close to TLL's). Iterative development and all that, eh? Al ===== Albert Davidson Chou Get answers to Mac questions at http://www.mac-mgrs.org/ . __________________________________________________ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/