# 'why ruby?' presentations

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-ruby-presentations/54088>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 22, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-ruby-presentations/54088 "2006-02-22T19:26:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-ruby-presentations/54088/1 "2006-02-22T19:26:49Z")

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i know they crop up from time to time on the list… if anyone out  
there has  
or knows of any good ones i’d like to browse them. we’re pushing ruby  
and the  
de-facto language behind a huge project so we’ll need all the ammo we  
can  
find.

cheers.

-a

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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-ruby-presentations/54088/2 "2006-02-22T20:27:35Z")

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removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote:

> i know they crop up from time to time on the list… if anyone out  
> there has  
> or knows of any good ones i’d like to browse them. we’re pushing ruby  
> and the  
> de-facto language behind a huge project so we’ll need all the ammo we can  
> find.

Can you tell us a little about the project?

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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-ruby-presentations/54088/3 "2006-02-22T21:13:39Z")

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On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, Joel VanderWerf wrote:

> removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote:
> 
> > i know they crop up from time to time on the list… if anyone out  
> > there has  
> > or knows of any good ones i’d like to browse them. we’re pushing ruby  
> > and the  
> > de-facto language behind a huge project so we’ll need all the ammo we can  
> > find.
> 
> Can you tell us a little about the project?

[http://www.osd.noaa.gov/class/](http://www.osd.noaa.gov/class/)

i sit across from, and am advising, the guy whos in charge of  
identifying  
promising technologies for the project. there group just started using  
ruby  
queue and dirwatch in a near-real-time system - good advertising 😉

-a

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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-ruby-presentations/54088/4 "2006-02-23T00:31:36Z")

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removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote:

> i know they crop up from time to time on the list… if anyone out  
> there has  
> or knows of any good ones i’d like to browse them. we’re pushing ruby  
> and the  
> de-facto language behind a huge project so we’ll need all the ammo we can  
> find.

Have you looked at

> **[Ruby-Doc.org: Documenting the Ruby Language](https://ruby-doc.org/whyruby/)**
>
> Fast, searchable Ruby documentation for core and standard libraries. Plus, links to tutorials, guides, books, and related sites.

–  
James B.

[http://www.ruby-doc.org](http://www.ruby-doc.org) - Ruby Help & Documentation  
[Ruby Code & Style](http://www.artima.com/rubycs/) - The Journal By & For Rubyists  
[http://www.rubystuff.com](http://www.rubystuff.com) - The Ruby Store for Ruby Stuff  
[http://refreshingcities.org](http://refreshingcities.org) - Design, technology, usability

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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 12:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-ruby-presentations/54088/5 "2006-02-23T00:52:48Z")

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On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, James B. wrote:

> [Ruby-Doc.org: Documenting the Ruby Language](http://www.ruby-doc.org/whyruby)  
> i hadn’t - thanks!

-a