From: "David G. Andersen" <dga@...>
Date: 2004-12-03T11:38:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby documentation.

On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 10:56:56AM +0900, David A. Black scribed:
> > 
> > So, what's the Ruby experience like for a native English speaker with
> > no knowledge of Japanese and no inclination to read the Ruby source to
> > figure out how things work?
> 
> Welcome to Ruby :-)
> 
> Documentation in some areas is uneven, but you should have no trouble
> learning and using and enjoying the language.  A very good starting
> point is http://www.ruby-doc.org.  Also, don't forget that you can
> come over to the Ruby IRC channel (#ruby-lang on irc.freenode.net) for
> real-time documentation :-)

Buy/rent/borrow/beg the pickaxe book.  The class reference at the end is
astoundingly useful.  Go for the 2nd edition if you have a choice,
since it covers 1.8.

  -Dave

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