From: Dave Thomas <dave@...>
Date: 2006-01-24T01:44:07+09:00
Subject: Re: My Thought on the "Pickaxe book" (from a Ruby novice)


On Jan 20, 2006, at 9:25 PM, Tom Allison wrote:

> Learning Perl (actually from the CD).
> Programming Perl is a fantastic book but only after you've  
> exhausted the Learning perl book.  It's a fine example of a  
> reference book.  As I read through the Pragmatic Ruby book I am  
> seeing where it has that potential.  I'm starting to come to terms  
> with it.


To be fair, the PickAxe was never intended to be a "Learning Ruby"  
book, as much as a "Programming Ruby" book.  For a ground-up book on  
learning to programm using Ruby, I'd recommend Chris Pine's.


Dave