From: Wilson Bilkovich <wilsonb@...>
Date: 2006-01-02T17:24:23+09:00
Subject: Re: New to Ruby and Programming

On 1/2/06, Martin DeMello <martindemello@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Wilson Bilkovich <wilsonb@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Others have already given very good answers on how to learn Ruby.. but
> > if you want to learn the fundamentals of programming as a concept
> > (rather than any specific implementation of that..), I don't think
> > there's anything better than:
> > http://www.htdp.org/
>
> Seconded - this is an amazingly good book.
>
> > http://www2.info.ucl.ac.be/people/PVR/book.html
>
> This one's excellent too, but pretty heavy going. I wouldn't recommend
> it as a teach-yourself-programming book.

At least you'll know if you're serious about it, after the first few
chapters. :)