From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2006-03-04T05:36:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Advice for general-purpose programming with Ruby

On Mar 3, 2006, at 2:28 PM, rtilley wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
> I'm going to buy a Ruby book this evening. I'm not a Web developer.  
> I'm a general-purpose programmer well-versed in Python and C. I  
> want to learn Ruby better. I have no interest in Rails. What book  
> should I buy?

Programming Ruby is perfect for you:

http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/ruby/index.html

James Edward Gray II