Interview with the Creator of Ruby

Lisa writes: "Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto talks about Ruby's history, the influence of Perl and Python on Ruby, and his new book, Ruby in a Nutshell. In the article he explains: "When I started the language project, I was joking with a friend that the project must be code-named after a gemstone's name (àla Perl). So my friend came up with "ruby". It's a short name for a beautiful and highly valued stone. So I picked up that name, and it eventually became the official name of the language. Later, I found out that pearl is the birthstone for June, and ruby is the birthstone for July. I believe Ruby is an appropriate name for the next language after Perl.""

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[jrs 1]

there the ruby language home page and you can download the latest version.

Re:It ain't bad...

[JamesOfTheDesert]

It desperately needs a Camel book...

Perhaps one of these (some out know, some to be published Real Soon Now) would help.

Programming Ruby: A Pragmatic Programmer's Guide, by David Thomas, Andrew Hunt
Paperback - 608 pages 1st edition (December 15, 2000)
Addison-Wesley Pub Co; ISBN: 0201710897

Ruby Developer's Guide, by Michael Neumann
Paperback - 520 pages 1st edition (November 2001)
Publishers Group West; ISBN: 1928994644

Ruby In A Nutshell, by Yukihiro Matsumoto
Paperback - 230 pages 1st edition (November 2001)
O'Reilly & Associates; ISBN: 0596002149

The Ruby Programming Language (With CD-ROM), by Yukio Matsumoto
Paperback - 496 pages Bk&Cd-Rom edition (July 5, 2002)
Addison Wesley Professional; ISBN: 020171096X

The Ruby Way, by Hal Fulton Guy Hurst
Paperback, 400pp. ISBN: 0672320835
Publisher: Sams, Pub. Date: November 2001

Sams Teach Yourself Ruby in 21 Days, by Mark Slagell
Paperback, 1st ed., 600pp. ISBN: 0672322528
Publisher: Sams Pub. Date: December 2001

Programmieren mit Ruby, by Armin Röhrl, Stefan Schmiedl, Clemens Wyss, etc.
dpunkt.de; ISBN 3898641511 (February, 2002)