From: David Alan Black Date: 2000-11-08T11:30:24+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:6149] Ruby hi(gh), and pointer to Jotto program Hello -- The "hi" part of the subject pertains to the fact that I'm new to this list, and new to Ruby (a nuby? [old joke?]). Ergo: hi. The "high" part refers to the Ruby high I have been on since I bought Dave and Andy's book on Saturday. I wasn't looking for it -- I barely knew Ruby existed -- but having idly opened it I couldn't put it down. I am quite amazed by this language, and it couldn't have a better introduction than the book. I didn't want my first message to the list to consist only of gushing (mostly, maybe, but not only), so to keep myself honest I have made available a Ruby version of the word-guessing game Jotto, a game which I first played on/against a PDP-10 in 1972. You can find it, in what I hope will come up as saveable pure text, at . I tend to write Jotto implementations in languages I'm learning, as a kind of ice-breaker/rite-of-passage type of thing. The Ruby version pleases me more than most. I hope word-game fans on the list will like it, and any Ruby-related critique/advice would be welcome :-) (There are a couple of things in it which may yet put in an appearance here as specific questions.) David -- David Alan Black home: dblack@candle.superlink.net work: blackdav@shu.edu Web: http://pirate.shu.edu/~blackdav