From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2009-01-24T07:42:41+09:00
Subject: Re: class 'initialize' method not working ???

Hi --

On Sat, 24 Jan 2009, Tom Cloyd wrote:

> Really cool David. Very lucid. This week I've begun to see whole new levels 
> of Ruby's internal logic which heretofore had escaped me. Great!
>
> I've been enjoying your and Dave Thomas's talk at RubyConf 2008 on "what's 
> new in Ruby 1.9" (title gloss). Only part of the way through it.
>
> What a fantastic resource that website is -
>
> http://rubyconf2008.confreaks.com/
>
> Thanks to Robert Dober for THAT one!!
>
> Finally - I wasn't aware of your book. Thanks for the heads up. Amazon says 
> it's not out yet, but it IS (in early release form, anyway, and is available 
> here -
>
> http://www.manning.com/black2/
>
> In downloadable form (hoorah!), yet.
>
> Is that the complete outline - is it all written? No chapter on Ruby and 
> world politics, or Ruby and improving energy production efficiency?

That is indeed the outline, and it is all written. (I'll cover the
geopolitical ramifications of Ruby in the sequel :-) I'm about halfway
through reviewing copy-edited/tech-edited (thanks, Greg Brown!)
chapters. Then proofreading, dealing with last-minute whatever
(there's always something!), and then it should be good to go.


David

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