e-sygoing.link — Articles https://e-sygoing.link Latest links in the Articles category en-us Tue, 09 Jun 2026 21:57:03 -0400 Programming Ruby https://e-sygoing.link/link/5650399-programming-ruby Forum comments and discussion on Ruby and the book 'Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide'; diverse opinions, many positive remarks. [Slashdot.org] Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:03:11 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5650399 Using MySQL with Ruby https://e-sygoing.link/link/5650395-using-mysql-with-ruby By Paul DuBois. Two parts: Using the Ruby MySQL Module, Using the Ruby DBI Module. HTML, PDF; online, downloads (tar, zip). [Kitebird.com] Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:59:48 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5650395 An Interview with the Creator of Ruby https://e-sygoing.link/link/5650387-an-interview-with-the-creator-of-ruby Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto, discusses Ruby and O'Reilly guide 'Ruby in a Nutshell'. [O'Reilly Network] Wed, 31 Dec 2025 01:41:24 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5650387 Programming in the Ruby Language https://e-sygoing.link/link/5650389-programming-in-the-ruby-language Forum comments and discussion related to July IBM developerWorks Ruby article, with the usual diversity of opinion, much of it positive. [Slashdot.org] Sun, 10 Aug 2025 04:31:08 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5650389 Programming in the Ruby Language https://e-sygoing.link/link/5650391-programming-in-the-ruby-language First of 4-part series introduces Ruby programming, begins with variables, quotes, arrays, objects, methods. Later parts treat more advanced topics. By Joshua Drake, author of Linux books and co-founder of Command Prompt, Inc. [IBM developerWorks] Sun, 20 Jul 2025 11:20:41 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5650391 Programming in Ruby https://e-sygoing.link/link/5650404-programming-in-ruby Take the pure object orientation of Smalltalk, remove the quirky syntax and reliance on a workspace. Add the convenience and power of Perl, but without the special cases and magic conversions. Give it a clean syntax based partly on Eiffel, add a few concepts from Scheme, CLU, Sather, Common Lisp. [Dr. Dobb's Journal] Sun, 15 Jun 2025 07:10:24 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5650404 Ruby-lang.org Opens Online! https://e-sygoing.link/link/5650401-ruby-langorg-opens-online Announcement of Ruby-lang domain and website. [Linux Today] Fri, 16 May 2025 14:59:37 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5650401 Using the Ruby MySQL Module https://e-sygoing.link/link/5650403-using-the-ruby-mysql-module Article describes how to install the Tomita Masahiro's MySQL module and use it to write MySQL-based Ruby scripts. By Paul DuBois. Sat, 22 Mar 2025 00:47:39 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5650403 Why Not Ruby? https://e-sygoing.link/link/5650390-why-not-ruby Forum comments and discussion, with wide diversity of opinion, much of it positive. [Slashdot.org] Sun, 03 Nov 2024 22:25:17 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5650390 Interview with the Creator of Ruby https://e-sygoing.link/link/5650386-interview-with-the-creator-of-ruby Forum comments and discussion related to Ruby and O'Reilly guide 'Ruby in a Nutshell'; diverse opinions, many positive remarks. [Slashdot.org] Sat, 29 Jun 2024 18:28:37 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5650386