You should remove the colon and the end of the url. I was about to report the site down until I noticed the colon. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Alan Black" <dblack / candle.superlink.net> To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk / ruby-lang.org> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 1:49 PM Subject: [ruby-talk:30372] [ANN] Invitation to join LotY (Language of the Year) project, 2002: learning Haskell > Dear fellow programmers, > > This is an invitation to join the Language of the Year project (LotY). > > >From the Language of the Year project website at > http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/loty: > > > "Learn at least one new [programming] language every year. > Different languages solve the same problems in different > ways. By learning several different approaches, you can help > broaden your thinking and avoid getting stuck in a rut." > > --- The Pragmatic Programmer > > > Rather than just reading the quote above and nodding vaguely, a > couple of Ruby programmers, David Alan Black and Chad Fowler, > came up with the idea of forming an online community to share in > the process of learning new languages. We're proud to host LotY > on the Pragmatic Programmer web site. > > > How to Participate > > The LotY community meets over on the "pragprog" Yahoo! group > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pragprog). There we'll talk about > progress, coordinate resources, and discuss the books we're > reading. You can read and post messages through the Web or by > email. A couple of introductory messages have already been > posted to the group. > > There's also a LotY IRC channel, #loty, on the Open Projects > Network (irc.openprojects.net). > > > LotY 2002 > > This year's language is Haskell. We've chosen Haskell because it's > a popular functional programming language, and we're interested in > learning more about the functional programming paradigm. There are > free implementations, online tutorials, and some good Haskell > books. > > > Contact > > Feel free to ask questions about LotY on the "pragprog" mailing > list, or contact the organizers, David Alan Black > (dblack / candle.superlink.net) and/or Chad Fowler > (chadfowler / chadfowler.com) directly. >