# PLEAC-Ruby

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pleac-ruby/100918>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [November 24, 2005, 3:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pleac-ruby/100918 "2005-11-24T03:03:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![gregory.t.brown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@gregory.t.brown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gregory.t.brown)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 3:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pleac-ruby/100918/1 "2005-11-24T03:03:47Z")

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Has anyone seen this before?

It’s a project that aims to implement the Perl cookbook solutions in  
Ruby.

[http://pleac.sourceforge.net/pleac\_ruby/](http://pleac.sourceforge.net/pleac_ruby/)

It has a lot of really good ideas in it, but it’s kind of hit or miss  
as far as Ruby idioms goes and looks to be out of date in places.

Still, I think it could be a good resource if we collectively bug  
whoever is running the project about idioms and whatnot and also help  
fill in the holes.

I only mention it because I don’t see many links to it on popular ruby  
sites, and I’m wondering if people have seen this, what they think of  
it, and if they think it might be worth helping out with.

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**Author:** ![gregory.t.brown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@gregory.t.brown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gregory.t.brown)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 3:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pleac-ruby/100918/2 "2005-11-24T03:07:48Z")

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Gregory B. wrote:

> whoever is running the project about idioms and whatnot and also help  
> fill in the holes.
> 
> I only mention it because I don’t see many links to it on popular ruby  
> sites, and I’m wondering if people have seen this, what they think of  
> it, and if they think it might be worth helping out with.

Take cover, everyone…

(Search the archives for pleac.)

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**Author:** ![gregory.t.brown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@gregory.t.brown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gregory.t.brown)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 3:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pleac-ruby/100918/3 "2005-11-24T03:15:54Z")

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On 11/23/05, Joel VanderWerf [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> > Still, I think it could be a good resource if we collectively bug  
> > (Search the archives for pleac.)  
> > Haha… I just did. So it seems this project is centered around  
> > writing perl in other languages essentially?

[http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/msg/3290d2baac3f0105](http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/msg/3290d2baac3f0105)

Hmm… not exactly my cup of tea. Though I do think something in  
this spirit (but with more focus on writing ruby with it’s idioms )  
would be nice. I know O’Reilly is working on a cookbook, but it  
would be nice to see a community maintained project…

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**Author:** ![gregory.t.brown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@gregory.t.brown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gregory.t.brown)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pleac-ruby/100918/4 "2005-11-24T17:20:30Z")

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vjoel wrote:

> Gregory B. wrote:
> 
> > whoever is running the project about idioms and whatnot and also help  
> > fill in the holes.
> > 
> > I only mention it because I don’t see many links to it on popular ruby  
> > sites, and I’m wondering if people have seen this, what they think of  
> > it, and if they think it might be worth helping out with.
> 
> Take cover, everyone…
> 
> (Search the archives for pleac.)

I have to agree that it’s a poor resource. I don’t even understand  
their goal, which seems to be, “To write all the Perl idioms in all  
non-Perl languages.”

James Edward G. II

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**Author:** ![gregory.t.brown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@gregory.t.brown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gregory.t.brown)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 9:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pleac-ruby/100918/5 "2005-11-24T21:33:18Z")

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On 11/24/05, Gavin S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Try (I think):
> 
> [http://ruby-cookbook.rubyforge.org](http://ruby-cookbook.rubyforge.org)
> 
> Failing that, find Martin DeMello’s email address on the list and ask  
> him 🙂

This was registered over a year ago and still hasn’t released anything  
☹

But I might try getting ahold of him.

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**Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 9:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pleac-ruby/100918/6 "2005-11-24T21:29:15Z")

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Gregory B. wrote:

> Hmm… not exactly my cup of tea. Though I do think something in  
> this spirit (but with more focus on writing ruby with it’s idioms )  
> would be nice. I know O’Reilly is working on a cookbook, but it  
> would be nice to see a community maintained project…

Try (I think):

[http://ruby-cookbook.rubyforge.org](http://ruby-cookbook.rubyforge.org)

Failing that, find Martin DeMello’s email address on the list and ask  
him 🙂

Gavin