Good evening, rubyists!

coyo

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Sep 12, 2012, 9:05:06 PM9/12/12

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Hello everyone, I'm coyo.

I'm a newbie, learning ruby for the first time (my first programming language, in fact)!

I just wanted to say "hello" and see how you guys were doing.

I'm studying hard, trying to get down the syntax and going over tutorials.

I can write simple code now, but I have very high ambitions.

I want to write a P2P instant messenger platform almost completely in ruby, with some java native extensions.

I'm planning on using JRuby, JVM (maybe), SQLite-Ruby, MsgPack, RubyTorrent (for distribution of status updates), and a few other things.

I've got a long way to go, however.

Wish me luck! -- Alex Maurin (coyo)

Robert Klemme

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Sep 13, 2012, 5:28:08 PM9/13/12

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On 09/13/2012 03:05 AM, coyo wrote:
> Hello everyone, I'm coyo.

Welcome to the world of Ruby!

> I'm a newbie, learning ruby for the first time (my first programming language, in fact)!

Good!

> I just wanted to say "hello" and see how you guys were doing.

Hello! We're doing pretty good - but the newsgroup isn't since the
gateway has been shut down. I regret that but things are the way they
are. You'll find more of us on the mailing list and on
http://www.ruby-forum.com/ .

> I'm studying hard, trying to get down the syntax and going over tutorials.

Good.

> I can write simple code now, but I have very high ambitions.

Well, be prepared that it might take some time until you get there.

> Wish me luck! -- Alex Maurin (coyo)

I wish you luck - and patience.

Kind regards

robert

RebelCanadian

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Sep 13, 2012, 10:54:21 PM9/13/12

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> Hello! We're doing pretty good - but the newsgroup isn't since the
> gateway has been shut down. I regret that but things are the way they
> are. You'll find more of us on the mailing list and on
> http://www.ruby-forum.com/ .

What's this about the gateway being shut down? I'm new to the newsgroup, so
sorry if this is a well-hashed-out topic.

Robert Klemme

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Sep 14, 2012, 2:02:04 AM9/14/12

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There used to be a bidirectional gateway between c.l.r and ruby-talk ML
which has been shut down. Now there is only a gateway left between
ruby-talk ML and ruby-forum.com.

Kind regards

robert

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Billy.Zheng

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Oct 24, 2012, 12:17:51 PM10/24/12

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Welcome~ Ruby is my favorite language too.
I have the same purpose with you.
I want use Ruby to do anything, even not so efficient.

just for fun!

Quintus

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Oct 11, 2014, 11:09:13 AM10/11/14

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> What's this about the gateway being shut down? I'm new to the
> newsgroup, so sorry if this is a well-hashed-out topic.

comp.lang.ruby used to be mirrored to the ruby...@ruby-lang.org
mailinglist, i.e. you could write to the mailinglist, and it would show
up both on the ML and in this newsgroup. The other way round, posting to
the newsgroup and it would show up on Ruby-Talk, also worked. However,
this “gateway” that allowed to do that has been shut down some time ago.

Vale,
Quintus

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Blog: http://www.quintilianus.eu

WJ

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Jan 10, 2015, 3:14:20 AM1/10/15

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Quintus wrote:

> > What's this about the gateway being shut down? I'm new to the
> > newsgroup, so sorry if this is a well-hashed-out topic.
>
> comp.lang.ruby used to be mirrored to the ruby...@ruby-lang.org
> mailinglist, i.e. you could write to the mailinglist, and it would show
> up both on the ML and in this newsgroup. The other way round, posting to
> the newsgroup and it would show up on Ruby-Talk, also worked. However,
> this “gateway” that allowed to do that has been shut down some time ago.

I hope that the gateway will be restored.

ja...@hamblin.cc

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Jan 19, 2015, 7:21:47 PM1/19/15

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I'm also new to programming, hoping ruby will give me the immersion i need for a rewarding software engineering career. For now, i'm practicing my ruby skills coding simple games like Connectfour and Tic-tac-toe.