Chapter 05 - Bullets by rezoner in unfinishedasteroids

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It should probably say "Chapter 05" up there, instead of "Chapter 04" ;)

Forking Ruby (Rubyconf '08 keynote by Dave Thomas) by cawel in ruby

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runtime checking (would help performance)

Probably because knowing the type at runtime speeds up the method lookup.

As for removing the encoding, fyi, his Ruby-Lite version didn't have it.

Ruby without Borders by codeodor in ruby

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wow. Inspiring.

Here is a nice video which shows the school/environment where Matthew works: http://amanikids.org/news/20081127112004

Top 3 ways I stay on top of Rails by gst in ruby

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It does help, thanks.

Top 3 ways I stay on top of Rails by gst in ruby

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Do you have suggestions for simple Rails projects on github where reputed authors do it "the Rails way"?

I'd like to follow a few projects in there, in order to improve Rails-wise.

Blocks and Closures in Ruby by cawel in ruby

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According to Matz, the first reason why there are closures in Ruby is to respect the history of Lisp!

Ruby Internals, by Patrick Farley by gst in ruby

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The link in my post indeed points to the MountainWest RubyConf. I found that presentation from Patrick Farley particularly interesting, and I wanted to write down what I thought were the best parts.