From: John Trunek Date: 2004-12-08T06:57:31+09:00 Subject: Re: Recommened readings? John Wilger wrote: > On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 05:07:31 +0900, John Trunek wrote: > >>James Britt wrote: >> > Programming Ruby, 2nd Ed., by Dave Thomas >> >>I've heard good things about that book. Now it's just a matter of tracking it >>down, since our library on campus seems to think that the mid 90's is up to date >>with computing topics. >> >>If I need to, I may just go purchase the book, as Ruby looks like an interesting >>language that I'd be interested in learning more in depth. And besides, if >>nothing else, I can always use the excuse "He who dies with the most books wins." ;) > > > For your purposes, the first edition would probably be sufficient. You > can get it free online at > http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/ > > However, if you want to start actually _using_ Ruby, the 2nd edition > is definitely worth the money. > Thanks for the URL, I wasn't aware that there was an older edition available online.