From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2009-02-24T04:56:23+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby info

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On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 09:32:21PM +0900, Albert Schlef wrote:
> Phlip wrote:
> > john maclean wrote:
> >=20
> >> OK `info ruby` is pretty much the same as `man ruby`. Compare that to
> >> `info awk` or `info tar`.  Those docs are many nodes deep.
> >=20
> > This is not a joke: "Google ruby" nearly always works for me!
>=20
> I think his question amounts to: "Why isn't there an official user-guide=
=20
> bundled with Ruby?"

I don't think so.  There's a difference between "official user guide" and
"info pages".  I, for one, probably wouldn't even read the damned
"official user guide" if it was distributed as info pages.  It would
almost be less painful to try to reconstruct a user guide by reading the
source than to read it in info pages.


>=20
> That's a good question. Other popular languages, such as Python, Perl,=20
> PHP, come with a good guide. For Ruby, the answer for people asking for=
=20
> documentation is almost always "buy the XYZ book".

Yes -- that's unfortunate.  Just *please* don't provide it (solely) as
info pages.  Please?

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Chad Perrin [ content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
Quoth Anonymous: "It is easier to measure something than to understand
what you have measured."

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