From: Dave@...
Date: 2002-07-22T19:03:45+09:00
Subject: Ruby Weekly News


   Ruby Weekly News: 07/22/2002

   A summary of activity on the ruby-talk mailing list, brought to you
   this week by Holden Glova.

   ANNOUNCEMENTS
   =============

   ruby-libxml (2002-07-17)
          A fast, functional, validating xml library for Ruby. Written in
          C for speed, it is already quite feature rich. It is currently
          lacking documentation and a more complete API. Get
          ruby-libxml([1]).

   Amrita 0.8.1
          Amrita is a html/xhtml template library for Ruby. It makes html
          documents from a template and a model data and boasts many nice
          features. Get Amrita([2]).

   Ruby/MaxL 1.5.0
          Ruby/MaxL is an extension that allows Ruby programs to interact
          with Hyperion Essbase Multidimensional (OLAP) databases using
          Hperion's MaxL command language. Get Ruby/MaxL([3]).

   INTERESTING THREADS
   ===================

   Syntax "surprise"
          A discussion centered on whether a single trailing comma in an
          Array declaration should be allowed like in Perl. With many
          people coming to Ruby from a Perl background, there seems to be
          some desire to have this "feature" in Ruby as well. Others
          think that it reduces the clarity. Overall, and interesting
          read.

   Slides for TaskMaster talk
          Phil Tomson gave a talk on TaskMaster (an OO task distribution
          framework written in Ruby) to his local LUG. He has now put
          those slides available on the Internet if anyone wants them.
          Get them at TaskMaster slides([4]).

References

   1. http://www.rubynet.org/modules/xml/ruby-libxml/
   2. http://kari.to/amrita/
   3. http://ruby-maxl.sourceforge.net/
   4. http://www.aracnet.com/~ptkwt/ruby_stuff/TaskMaster/talk/html/slide_1.html