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  1. Re:Their reputation on Pragmatic Version Control Using Subversion · · Score: 1

    Seems to work... :)

  2. Re:Good/bad points on Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide · · Score: 2, Informative

    Please drop me an e-mail (dave pragprog.com) and let me have them: I'll fix up any you find.

    Cheers

    Dave

  3. Re:As usual, it's cheaper here on Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide · · Score: 1

    Cool link, wrong book :)

  4. Re:Good/bad points on Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide · · Score: 3, Informative

    Could you give some examples? I'd love to fix stuff. if it's broken.

    Why not e-mail me directly as well as posting here: dave pragprog.com

    Cheers

    Dave

  5. Re:Wonderful book on Pragmatic JUnit Testing · · Score: 1

    Except the word 'paradigm' doesn't occur in the book... :)

  6. Re:The Pragmatic Programmers Ruby Book is Online on Programming in the Ruby Language · · Score: 1
    Probably the best way, but also the hardest :)

    Regards, Dave

  7. because.. on Why not Ruby? · · Score: 5
    • I already know a language, and it is perfect.
    • I don't have time to learn something new.
    • Someone once told me that a friend of theirs knew someone whose uncle said it was slow.
    • It's new.
    There are valid reasons not to deploy applications with Ruby. It doesn't (yet) have a library the size of CPAN. It doesn't (yet) own a stack full of books at your local bookstore. It doesn't (yet) have the performance of Java (although it is faster than Python in most benchmarks). That's why the people who currently use and love it tend to be more adventurous, and more forward looking. They believe that Ruby will be a significant language. In Japan, where there are a number of Ruby books, and where there is currently more Ruby support, the language has more users than Python.

    So, a couple of years from now, we'll probably see Slashdot readers saying "but I already know Ruby, why should I switch to xxxx?".

    In the meantime, the book Programming Ruby is available online. Maybe it's worth a look. You can download Ruby from ruby-lang. Maybe it's worth a play. You never know...