# For a new ed. of "The Ruby Way"?

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 17, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/for-a-new-ed-of-the-ruby-way/193443 "2010-08-17T20:51:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![diego\_v](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@diego\_v](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/diego_v)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/for-a-new-ed-of-the-ruby-way/193443/1 "2010-08-17T20:51:07Z")

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Hello,  
I was wondering if anyone has heard of any plan by Hal F. to  
update “The Ruby Way” to a third ed.

Since the 2nd ed. a lot has changed in the Ruby community: a lot of  
areas have ended up with a couple of very strong contenders, and whole  
new areas have sprung up with lively competition.

For example: Ruby1.9.2 is soon going to be released, as well as  
Rails3. MacRuby didn’t even exist at the time. And so on.

It would be really nice to get an updated “The Ruby Way”: back when I  
read the 2nd ed, it was my favourite Ruby book, and possibly still is  
though it’s starting to show its age.

Diego

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**Author:** ![diego\_v](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@diego\_v](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/diego_v)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/for-a-new-ed-of-the-ruby-way/193443/2 "2010-08-17T21:29:08Z")

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On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Diego V.  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hello,  
> I was wondering if anyone has heard of any plan by Hal F. to  
> update “The Ruby Way” to a third ed.

He mentioned in an email to me a few months ago that he is working on  
an updated edition.