----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Thomas" <Dave / PragmaticProgrammer.com>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk / ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 2:11 PM
Subject: Ruby in CS courses


> I just came across another course that's using Ruby:
> 
>   http://www.utdallas.edu/~nhutnn/cs6386/
> 
> The course project is to develop a POP server and a POP client in
> Ruby.
> 
> Hal's book is recommended reading.

Ahh, this warms my heart.

For what it's worth, one of my old professors had this
comment to make on chapter 1:

> I very much enjoyed your functional review of OOP 
> (without all the hyperbole) and I think it should 
> be a handout in our CSCI450 Programming Languages 
> Course.

Hmm. Maybe I should encourage them to buy a truckload. :)

Gosh... it seems like only last month I was *taking*
that course...   :0


Hal Fulton