From: Rich Kilmer <rich@...>
Date: 2001-11-16T06:38:24+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:25337] Re: Topic ideas for an upcoming series of articles featuring Ruby?

Latest stable release:

http://www2a.biglobe.ne.jp/~seki/ruby/drb-1.3.2.tar.gz

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http://www2a.biglobe.ne.jp/~seki/ruby/drb-1.3.3b5.tar.gz

-rich

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Curt Hibbs [mailto:curt@hibbs.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 4:28 PM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: [ruby-talk:25335] Re: Topic ideas for an upcoming series of
> articles featuring Ruby?
> 
> 
> How do you get drb? the entry in RAA says "not available".
> 
> Curt
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mikkel Bruun [mailto:mikkel.bruun@valtech.dk]
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 1:18 PM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: [ruby-talk:25334] Re: Topic ideas for an upcoming series of
> articles featuring Ruby?
> 
> 
> 
> One thing that still amazes me about ruby is the drb package....
> 
> distributed objects in four lines of code...just keep repeating those for
> 3-5 articles ;-)
> 
> seriously, distribution and or webservices in ruby, would be a killer!
> 
> could even include a wsdl generator for soap??
> 
> Mikkel
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Curt Hibbs
> To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
> Sent: 15-11-2001 20:01
> Subject: [ruby-talk:25299] Re: Topic ideas for an upcoming series of
> articles featuring Ruby?
> 
> That's a good point. Could you tell us who the target audience is going
> to
> be.
> 
> Curt
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vincent Foley [mailto:gnuvince@yahoo.ca]
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 10:59 AM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: [ruby-talk:25298] Re: Topic ideas for an upcoming series of
> articles featuring Ruby?
> 
> 
> Depends who will most likely read these articles I guess.  If system
> administrators are your target, then maybe an application to manage some
> task could prove be could (like adding 100 users very fast. Of course
> this can be done with a bash script, but I'm only making suggestions).
> 
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 03:19:19AM +0900, Colin Steele wrote:
> >
> > I've been asked to write a short series of articles (3-5ish) featuring
> > Ruby.  The series will feature the development of an application in
> > Ruby.  I have a few ideas for the application, but would love to hear
> > what y'all think would be good topics.
> >
> > Bear in mind a few characteristics that an application well-suited to
> > this purpose would possess:
> >
> > 1) Scope.  Application can be developed in the length of the
> >    series. (3-5 articles of ~1200 words each.)
> >
> > 2) Ruby Character.  The application should highlight Ruby's strengths.
> >
> > 3) Utility.  The completed application should be of sufficient utility
> >    or value that it might spur the reader to download and install Ruby
> >    solely so that they can use this application.
> >
> > The ideal application for this series would possess all of these
> > traits, but the first two are most important.
> >
> > So, what do you folks think?  What would you like to see this series
> > focus on?
> >
> > --
> > Colin Steele
> > colin@colinsteele.org / www.colinsteele.org / www.rubycookbook.org
> >
> >
> > 		   From "The Hacker's Dictionary":
> >     garbage collect: vi. (also `garbage collection', n.) See {GC}.
> >
> 
> --
> 
> Vincent Foley-Bourgon
> Homepage: http://darkhost.mine.nu:81
>