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| DATE | 2006-06-20 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] TOMORROW! NY Linux Users Group Meeting 6/21: Francis Hwang on Ruby Programming Language
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I can hold a camera
On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 03:07:37PM -0400, Ron Guerin wrote:
> Ever wonder what all the fuss is about Ruby and Ruby on Rails?
> We're going to begin finding out tomorrow, as we learn about Ruby,
> and then next month, Ruby on Rails.
>
> Hope to see you there.
>
> - Ron
>
>
> REMINDER: This meeting is tomorrow, RSVP closes at 4:00pm TOMORROW
>
> Wednesday June 21st, 2006
> 6:30pm-7:30pm (stammtisch after 8:15pm)
> IBM Headquarters Building
> 590 Madison Avenue at 57th Street
> 12th Floor, home to the IBM Linux Center of Competency
>
> ** RSVP Closes at 4:00pm the day of the meeting (sharp!) ***
> You must R.S.V.P. for *EVERY* meeting.
> Register at http://rsvp.nylug.org/
> Check in with photo ID at the lobby for badge and room number.
>
>
> Francis Hwang
> -on-
> The Ruby Programming Language
>
> After focusing our attention inward on our volunteer meetings in May,
> this month, NYLUG looks back out into the world, and what do we see?
>
> { puts "Hello, World!" }
>
> Ruby is looking back at us. Like most of us, you've probably heard
> the name Ruby more and more over the last few years. More recently,
> you've been hearing that Ruby has rails. But what is Ruby? How is it
> different from other scripting languages, and why should you use it
> instead of something else? Just what are Rails?
>
> "Ruby is a reflective, object-oriented programming language.
> It combines syntax inspired by Ada and Perl with Smalltalk-like
> object-oriented features, and also shares some features with
> Python, Lisp, Dylan and CLU. Ruby is a single-pass interpreted
> language. Its main implementation is free software distributed
> under an open-source license." - Wikipedia
>
> Please join us on Wednesday June 21 at 6:30pm, as Francis Hwang from
> nycruby.org shows us what Ruby is all about, and why it calls itself
> the Programmer's Best Friend. Francis is eager to explain Ruby, and
> answer your Ruby-related questions.
>
> Next month, we will continue our examination of Ruby, as Ajai Khattri
> takes the lid off Ruby on Rails for us, on July 19, 2006.
>
> About Francis Hwang
> Francis Hwang now lives in New York City, after growing up in
> Minneapolis and stints in Seoul, Ithaca, Federal Way WA, and
> Barcelona.
>
> He divides his professional time among the pursuits of programming,
> art, and writing.
>
> Until recently, he was the Director of Technology at Rhizome.org, the
> premier online new-media-arts community, and can be regularly seen at
> nycruby meetings.
>
> Swag (Give Away) - After the meeting... unusually terrific swag may be
> given away.
>
> Stammtisch
> After the meeting ... Join us around 8:30pm or so at TGI Friday's,
> located at 677 Lexington Avenue and 56th Street, second floor.
> Northeast corner.
>
> Please see our home page at http://www.nylug.org for the HTMLized
> version of this announcement, our archives, and a lot of other good
> stuff.
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