On Jan 20, 2006, at 3:23 AM, Alex Combas wrote:

> One way I think it can improve is
> by having unified source code for programs.
> They seem to have this style that they
> show a little piece of a program, then another
> piece a few pages later, then another piece
> maybe even a few chapters later... its really
> frustrating not being able to get a program
> to run because its code is scattered across
> half the book.
>
> I would upgrade my rating from so-so to good
> if they would unify more of the source code
> in the next version of the book.

It was a hard decision: showing full listings all the time would  
significantly add to the size of an already big book. That's why we  
did it the way we did, but also made sure we have full and complete  
listings, ties to the page numbers, available online at http:// 
pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/ruby/code

Cheers


Dave