From: Alan Chen <alan@...>
Date: 2002-11-13T07:34:05+09:00
Subject: Re: request for help

On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 06:26:44AM +0900, Pat Eyler wrote:
> Hi all,
> At RubyConf, I mentioned that I'd started to translate "How to Think Like
> a Computer Scientist"[1] into Ruby, but had run out of steam (too many
> other projects).  I offered to put it up on Sourceforge, and run a project
> to finish the translation.  Alas, sf.net has turned down the project (I
> have no idea why).  Is anyone interested in hosting CVS (anonymous reads,
> and 10 or so committers)?  I'll happily handle mailing lists and a web
> page (unless you have a pressing desire to do so).
> 
> -pate
> 
> [1] This is a fairly nice CS text book, with Java, Python, and C++
> editions.  It's licensed under the GFDL.
> 
> Pat Eyler
> Kaitiaki/manager               migrant Linux sys admin
> the Koha project               ruby, shell, and perl geek
> http://www.koha.org            http://pate.eylerfamily.org

Have you thought to contact the original authors of "How to think
linke a Computer Scientist?" [http://greenteapress.com] I think they
host the C++, python, and java versions at
ibiblio. [http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/] Perhaps they would be willing
to collaborate with you or a team of ruby translators.

-- 
Alan Chen
Digikata LLC
http://digikata.com