Re: [ADV] Want to Write a Book?

< :the previous in number ^ :the list in numerical order > :the next in number P :the previous artilce (have the same parent) N :the next (in thread) |<:the top of this thread >|:the next thread ^ :the parent (reply-to) _:the child (an article replying to this) >:the elder article having the same parent <:the youger article having the same parent ---:split window and show thread lists | :split window (vertically) and show thread lists ~ :close the thread frame .:the index ..:the index of indices

On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 10:52:18AM +0900, Dave Thomas scribed: > > I have no fixed ideas on the titles, but to give you an idea of the > kinds of things I'm looking for, you might well see books come out > named something like: > > * Writing Ruby Extensions > * Using Ruby in the Semantic Web > * Creating E-Commerce Sites using Rails > * Rapid Application Development with Iowa > * Migrating from Java to Ruby A book I wish I had the time to write, but I'm swamped: Using Ruby in Scientific Applications - Numerical applications - Analysis - Data Acquisition - Control - Visualization - Data archiving and retrieval I haven't had a chance to play with the acquisition and control aspects yet, so I don't actually know what would go into this book -- but I really wish I already had it on my bookshelf. Perhaps it would turn into a giant users manual for NArray, but I think there's a lot more. I promise to buy copies and hand them to my colleagues and students if someone writes it. ;) -Dave -- work: dga / lcs.mit.edu me: dga / pobox.com MIT Laboratory for Computer Science http://www.angio.net/