From: Tobias Reif Date: 2002-02-09T19:01:24+09:00 Subject: Re: Reg: tiny contest: who's faster? (add_a_gram) Hi, Dave Thomas wrote: > Pure Ruby, I'd say. Me too. Your solution is very fast :) (~10s on my machine) Can you, Steven, or/and anyone else recommend any book(s)/website(s) discussing general&essential programming concepts&strategies (patterns/algorithms(?)) related to general tasks, but also special domains like data mining, data conversion, searching, etc.? Tobi -- * peace&love. * http://www.pinkjuice.com/