# Hal Fulton Interview **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [August 31, 2006, 4:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hal-fulton-interview/67095 "2006-08-31T16:14:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pat_eyler)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 4:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hal-fulton-interview/67095/1 "2006-08-31T16:14:03Z")
I just posted an interview with Hal F., author of The Ruby Way, and the upcoming The Ruby Way 2nd Edition. Hal’s a great writer, and a longtime ruby Hacker. The interview is at: [On Ruby: Author Interviews: Hal Fulton - The Ruby Way](http://on-ruby.blogspot.com/2006/08/author-interviews-hal-fulton-ruby-way.html) Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pat_eyler)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hal-fulton-interview/67095/2 "2006-08-31T19:23:26Z")
pat eyler wrote: > I just posted an interview with Hal F., author of The Ruby Way, and > the > upcoming The Ruby Way 2nd Edition. Hal’s a great writer, and a longtime > ruby Hacker. The interview is at: > > [On Ruby: Author Interviews: Hal Fulton - The Ruby Way](http://on-ruby.blogspot.com/2006/08/author-interviews-hal-fulton-ruby-way.html) > > Enjoy! Not to nitpick, but… "Besides Ruby, his life consists of reading, writing, movies, plays, and concerts. a member of Austin Scriptworks and had my first play produced early in 2006. " Did he produce your play, or his? I’m new to Ruby, but I was just looking at rubyclr the other day and amazed at how easily it lets you use .NET libraries. I think it’s neat someone important/influential also thinks that’s worthwhile. Great interview! Now I’m interested in his book and I’ll have to search it out. ---
**Author:** ![pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pat_eyler)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hal-fulton-interview/67095/3 "2006-08-31T19:40:45Z")
On 8/31/06, William C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Not to nitpick, but… > > "Besides Ruby, his life consists of reading, writing, movies, plays, and > concerts. a member of Austin Scriptworks and had my first play produced > early in 2006. " > > Did he produce your play, or his? His … sloppy copy-editing on my part, sorry. > I’m new to Ruby, but I was just looking at rubyclr the other day and > amazed at how easily it lets you use .NET libraries. I think it’s neat > someone important/influential also thinks that’s worthwhile. > > Great interview! Now I’m interested in his book and I’ll have to search > it out. Thanks, and do look for his book. The first edition was great, and I’m really looking forward to the second. ---
**Author:** ![pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pat_eyler)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hal-fulton-interview/67095/4 "2006-08-31T19:52:46Z")
On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 02:40:27AM +0900, pat eyler wrote: > On 8/31/06, William C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > Great interview! Now I’m interested in his book and I’ll have to search > > it out. > > Thanks, and do look for his book. The first edition was great, and I’m > really looking forward to the second. I’ve never read the first (and, in fact, still haven’t laid eyes on it at all, despite the hours every month I spend in bookstores). I am definitely looking forward to the second edition, though, and will probably buy it as soon as I find it – with rent money, if need be. Everything I’ve heard about it just makes me salivate. ---
**Author:** ![pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pat_eyler)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hal-fulton-interview/67095/5 "2006-08-31T20:00:47Z")
On Aug 31, 2006, at 12:40 PM, pat eyler wrote: > On 8/31/06, William C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > Great interview! Now I’m interested in his book and I’ll have to > > search > > it out. > > Thanks, and do look for his book. The first edition was great, and > I’m > really looking forward to the second. I agree. It was out-of-date when I found it and still a dang good book. I expect the update to put it back on top! James Edward G. II