From: Sean <seanba@...>
Date: 2003-07-18T10:41:52+09:00
Subject: Re: New Ruby book

This is something I will certainly check out.  Talk about your
coincidences...

I just heard of Ruby two days ago while checking out the website for "The
Pragmatic Programmer" (btw, that is a must-have book for programmers).  I
figured if those authors gave Ruby such high praise than it's a language I
must learn.

Now, code generation is a fantastic topic.  We used CG extensively on our
latest XBox game with great success.  I have recently taken it upon myself
to learn more about CG and how it can be used to write good game code (I
didn't write the CG tools we used - so I have a bit to learn).

After reading about Ruby a bit, the first thing that came to my mind was, "I
wonder if Ruby could be used to easily write code generation scripts".  I'm
happy to learn that a book was written on that very topic.


"Jack Herrington" <jack_d_herrington@pobox.com> wrote in message
news:E65C5C46-B89E-11D7-8F2E-00039358238A@pobox.com...
> Manning is coming out with a new book that uses Ruby as a central
> component.
>
> http://www.manning.com/herrington
>
> It's about code generation for a wide variety of languages, but all of
> the generators are in Ruby.
>
> -Jack Herrington
>   http://www.codegeneration.net
>   Author of "Code Generation in Action" (Manning, July 2003)
>
>