From: John Trunek <jtrunek@...>
Date: 2004-12-15T00:27:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Recommened readings?

> 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.
> 

Is this just excerpts?  It seemed a bit brief, although it worked wonderfully 
for my paper.  Now I'm really interested in learning more about ruby.