# Ruby Whitepapers

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-whitepapers/62534>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 5, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-whitepapers/62534 "2006-06-05T23:09:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![xmg-eric](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/f04885/32.png) [@xmg-eric](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/xmg-eric)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-whitepapers/62534/1 "2006-06-05T23:09:00Z")

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I wrote a series of articles last week, and created a  
pointer to them at Artima, where it’s easy to collect  
comments:

Ruby Makes My Head Explode  
[http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=162885](http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=162885)

The collection includes:

- Ruby Rocks!
- Rake Rocks!
- Getting Started in Ruby (links to articles and books,  
initial script and application templates)
- Installing Ruby (with additions by John G.)
- Installing Ruby Gems
- Which GUI Language to Use? (FxRuby vs. WxRuby)  
(opinions will no doubt differ. This is my initial view)

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**Author:** ![xmg-eric](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/f04885/32.png) [@xmg-eric](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/xmg-eric)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 12:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-whitepapers/62534/2 "2006-06-06T00:07:37Z")

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On 6/5/06, Eric A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

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Ruby Rocks and Rake Rocks were good. I didnt look at the other’s too  
close.  
In a similar vein to your idea the Ruby makes programming a language  
design  
problem, I’ve felt Ruby’s power comes about because it gives you access  
to  
the interpreter’s data structures in an elegant and consistent way.

Thanks for posting.