From: Lake Denman Date: 2011-09-09T00:54:36+09:00 Subject: Re: posts on Unix systems programming I am looking forward to the posts to come on this subject! On Sep 8, 2011, at 10:15, "Wayne E. Seguin" wrote: > You most definitely have my full support on this. If I can help you with it > in any way please let me know and I will help. > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Eric Wong wrote: > >> I would like to do a series of mailing list posts on the subject of Unix >> systems programming in Ruby. I only intend to cover standardized, >> POSIX-compliant features of the standard Ruby distribution. No >> extensions or Linux-only parts. >> >> Is there anybody who would NOT want these posts in ruby-talk? >> >> I could do this on a separate mailing list, but I think it'll be >> beneficial to a wider audience in ruby-talk. I will prefix subjects >> with "[USP]" for ease-of-filtering. I'll start posting in a week or two >> if there are no objections. I'll try to space the posts so they're >> several days apart and allow time for questions/clarifications. >> >> I don't consider myself a great writer nor programmer, but several folks >> expressed interest in learning this subject to me directly. I don't >> know if anybody else is willing to teach this subject or contribute, but >> if I'm to do it, it'll be over my preferred medium: plain-text email[1]. >> >> Most people would start a blog/wiki, but I dislike dealing with _any_ >> browsers/formatting/layout/presentation, so absolutely no >> markup/markdown/troff/textile if I'm to do this. I'm interested in >> reader feedback and contributions; and (plain-text, minimally quoted) >> email is great for that. I will not use anything other than plain-text >> email to interact with readers/editors/contributors. >> >> I will provide downloadable mbox archives of all posts (and replies). >> >> All of my posts will be licensed under the GPLv3, but code examples will >> be all-permissive and reusable freely without attribution. >> >> If anybody wants to take mailing list posts and make a website/wiki or >> even publish a book so more people can read it, please do so! The GPLv3 >> protects readers who circumvent DRM if distributed in proprietary >> formats. Editorial help to fix/correct things will be greatly >> appreciated. >> >> I request (but cannot enforce) my name/likeness NOT be used in promoting >> any websites/books/etc... I do NOT want recognition, so you can (and >> are encouraged to) hide/bury my name while respecting the GPL and take >> _all_ the credit for making it presentable to a non-mailing-list-reading >> audience. I will not accept any payment/donations/gifts from this, you >> can make all the money you can from selling this (the GPL allows it). >> >> All I want from this is more people to understand Unix systems >> programming (and to avoid all HTML/browsers/forms while doing it). >> >> Thanks for reading! >> >> >> [1] - includes 7-bit clean ASCII art that works in any terminal :) >> >> -- >> Eric Wong >> >> > > > -- > ~Wayne > > Wayne E. Seguin > wayneeseguin@gmail.com > wayneeseguin on irc.freenode.net > http://twitter.com/wayneeseguin/ > https://github.com/wayneeseguin/