November 21, 2005
Mark Slagell  (slagell@ruby-lang.org)
Iowa State University

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WHAT IT IS
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This is the Ruby Users' Guide, an introductory tutorial for new users
of the ruby language.  It is provided in HTML form only.  Point a
browser to the file "index.html" to begin.

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WHERE TO GET IT
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The current version of this document can be viewed at:
      http://www.rubyist.net/~slagell/ruby/

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CREDITS
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Yukihiro Matsumoto (matz@netlab.co.jp), the creator of ruby, wrote the
original guide from which this is derived.

The first translation from Japanese to English was done by
GOTO Kentaro (gotoken@notwork.org) and Julian Fondren.

Further translation and editing was done by Mark Slagell
(slagell@ruby-lang.org).

