"Conrad Schneiker" <schneik / us.ibm.com> wrote:
>
>Mike Wilson wrote:
>
># Let's face it, PR can really make or break a language, I'd hate to
># see Ruby left in the dust because we weren't vocal enough.
>#
># I have one more suggestion in the PR range, I'm working on this a
># bit myself, but I'm probably not nearly the right candidate.
># Someone should _really_ do a book review of "Programming Ruby" to
># post on slashdot.  _If_ it's well written and you say pretty please,
># I'm sure it would probably be posted to the front page (not all
># reviews are).  There's a perlmonk called chromatic that does a ton
># of reviews, usually on Perl, most recently on "Extreme Programming
># Installed".  He (almost?) always gets on the front page, so a look
># at what he's doing might be helpful.
>
>So has anyone contacted this chromatic perlmonk to see if *he* would
>be willing to review "Programming Ruby" a copy were magically made
>to appear in the hands of his local Fed Ex delivery person.

Um, you just did indirectly.  I forwarded the above to him.
Will let you know if he shows any interest.

Seriously, he has done a number of reviews on the XP stuff,
and appreciated it when I sent him the link on translating
some of the Smalltalk examples into Ruby.  So he might not
be adverse to a free book on those terms...

Cheers,
Ben
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