From: "allan.m.miller@..." Date: 2006-02-16T23:38:28+09:00 Subject: Re: Getting Started There's an older book "Making Use of Ruby" by Suresh Mahadevan (Wiley Publishing, 2002). It takes a very introductory approach to Ruby, and is an introductory book on programming in general. You may find it to be too introductory, but I think it does a good job presenting Ruby concepts using a slow, step-by-step approach, with lots of small examples - an easy read for an experienced programmer such as yourself. Several students in a programming languages class I teach read the book and found it useful. One problem is that it's a bid dated, covers Ruby 1.6. Good luck! - Allan