From: Tom Cloyd Date: 2009-01-05T08:06:50+09:00 Subject: Re: VERY simple question about "?" Robert Klemme wrote: > 2009/1/4 Michael Guterl : > >> On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Robert Klemme >> wrote: >> > > >>> As far as I know there is no legal electronic version of the second edition >>> so you better double check whether you are allowed to use this. You could >>> as well buy the book to somewhat compensate for this. >>> >>> >> http://www.pragprog.com/titles/ruby/programming-ruby >> >> There definitely is an option to select a PDF version for purchase. >> > > Thanks for the education! I wasn't aware of this. There was > definitively an illegal PDF version offered (even here) in the past. > > Kind regards > > robert > > I wouldn't engage with a illegitimate copy - isn't playing fair at all. I completely believe in "intellectual property". My copy certainly WAS purchased from the Pragmatic Programmers website. Marvelous book, of course, but it does not, to my best knowledge, contain a complete list of operators. I've done everything I can think of to find it. I seriously doubt that it's there. The precedence table on 324 is about precedence, and not a primary presentation of operators and their function. More incredibly, "operator" is not even in the index as a primary index term - in the sense that I'm accustomed to the use of the word in programming languages. Here's the entry that IS there: Operator as method call 82, 335 precedence 324 To me, this is simply strange. Dave Thomas, whose contributions to the Ruby community are inestimably valuable, may see this thread, in which case I hope he comments. I've been completely bewildered about this for a long time. t. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tom Cloyd, MS MA, LMHC - Private practice Psychotherapist Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A: (360) 920-1226 << tc@tomcloyd.com >> (email) << TomCloyd.com >> (website) << sleightmind.wordpress.com >> (mental health weblog) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~