From: "Hal E. Fulton" Date: 2001-11-28T10:15:04+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:26727] Re: Ruby vs. Python: Decisions, Decisions ----- Original Message ----- From: James Britt (rubydev) To: ruby-talk ML Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 7:07 PM Subject: [ruby-talk:26724] Re: Ruby vs. Python: Decisions, Decisions > I think those dates are what the publisher decides to tell the vendors, and have only a tenuous relationship to reality. It's tenuous partly because the vendor doesn't always update it, nor are they always kept in the loop. > > > > > > The Ruby Way, by Hal Fulton Guy Hurst > > > Paperback, 400pp. ISBN: 0672320835 > > > Publisher: Sams, Pub. Date: November 2001 > > > > Amazon UK have this as December 2001, but they also > > http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0672320835/026-4462540-4598838 > > have it as: Category(ies): Fiction. :-) Speaking for this one, Dec 14 is the best estimate I'm aware of. As for the classification as fiction... well, wait for the errata to pour in. There's not *too* much fiction in it, I hope. :) > > > > > > Sams Teach Yourself Ruby in 21 Days, by Mark Slagell > > > Paperback, 1st ed., 600pp. ISBN: 0672322528 > > > Publisher: Sams Pub. Date: December 2001 > > > > Amazon think this comes out in Feb. I have only tangential knowledge of this book, but I think Feb is a better guess than December. I do know it's not quite finished yet (missing one or two chapters). Hal