From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2006-09-22T12:06:27+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Rejected Ruby book ideas by O'Reilly

Wilson Bilkovich wrote:
> On 9/21/06, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb@cesmail.net> wrote:
>> Adelle Hartley wrote:
>> > When I saw the title of this thread, I was expecting a funny list.
>> >
>> > Adelle.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> Yeah, me too ... in fact, I was all set to create a couple ...
>>
>> aw shucks ... why not?
>>
>> Top Ten Rejected Ruby Book Ideas
>>
>> 10. Ruby for Forth Programmers
>> 9.  Duck Recipes
>> 8.  The Chunky Bacon Cookbook
>> 7.  Premature Optimization for Ruby
>> 6.  Ruby Germs
>> 5.  Software Engineering Processes -- How to Take the Fun out of Ruby
>> Programming
>> 4.  The Sound of One Duck Typing
>> 3.  Building a Static Web Site With Rails in Three Weeks
>> 2.  Inside The Commodore 64 Ruby Compiler
>>
>> and of course, the number one rejected Ruby book idea:
>>
>> 1.  Why Perl, Python, PHP, Java, C#, Pike, Lua, Forth, COBOL, APL, Lisp,
>> PL/I and Even Macro Assembler are *Way* Better Than Ruby
>>
> 
> 11. 'With Wrath Divine': Blogging About Ruby Performance

If we pool our best ideas, maybe we can win the thinkgeek t-shirt contest.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/brain/customer_bounty.cgi

Just think, $250 to donate to rubycentral, and fame everlasting....

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