# Re: Ruby - Newbie to Guru - Advice?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-newbie-to-guru-advice/47889>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [November 14, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-newbie-to-guru-advice/47889 "2005-11-14T22:20:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![dooby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@dooby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dooby)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-newbie-to-guru-advice/47889/1 "2005-11-14T22:20:24Z")

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mental wrote:

> Somebody needs to write a Commentary on AOCP. With cartoon foxes.

Vol 2, page xiv (cartoon digits 1…9) might help.

Credits: JMK & JSK (John M. & Jennifer Sierra)

Factoid: IIUC, – Knuth is pronounced `new-t`

daz

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**Author:** ![dooby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@dooby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dooby)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 10:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-newbie-to-guru-advice/47889/2 "2005-11-14T22:41:26Z")

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daz wrote:

> Factoid: IIUC, – Knuth is pronounced `new-t`  
> Ka-NOOTH.

No silent letters.

[http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/faq.html](http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/faq.html)

James

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**Author:** ![dooby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@dooby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dooby)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-newbie-to-guru-advice/47889/3 "2005-11-14T23:14:32Z")

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James B. wrote:

> daz wrote:
> 
> > Factoid: IIUC, – Knuth is pronounced [[WRONG]`new-t`]
> 
> Ka-NOOTH.
> 
> No silent letters.
> 
> [Knuth: Frequently Asked Questions](http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/faq.html)

Oh, wow. Thanks.

My source is a Maths Graduate / C.S. ex-colleague  
(an email of fury has been dispatched).

daz

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**Author:** ![dooby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@dooby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dooby)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 12:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-newbie-to-guru-advice/47889/4 "2005-11-15T00:14:43Z")

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daz wrote:

> > 
> 
> Oh, wow. Thanks.
> 
> My source is a Maths Graduate / C.S. ex-colleague  
> (an email of fury has been dispatched).
> 
> daz

Think of King Canute (spelled Knut in Norway).