From: Dark Ambient <sambient@...>
Date: 2006-08-02T22:33:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Cookbook

I think it would be a nice option if they offered this book as a PDF.
Safari at $20 a month just for one book is not a good pitch.

Stuart

On 8/2/06, James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
> On Aug 2, 2006, at 6:08 AM, Morton Goldberg wrote:
>
> > Anyone care to post their first impressions on Ruby Cookbook? I
> > haven't seen it yet. I'd like hear what others think of it before
> > buying or not.
>
> Keep in mind it did *just* come out (I got mine in the mail
> yesterday) and it's over 900 pages.  You'll probably need to wait a
> bit for full reviews.
>
> Just glancing through it though I'm pretty jazzed up about reading
> it.  There is a metric ton of content in there and it looks to cover
> just about everything to some degree.  I could see it being a very
> helpful tool for most people, since your area of interest likely
> receives at least some coverage.
>
> Also, the lost dinosaur example had me laughing out loud!  ;)
>
> Fair warning:  I wrote six of the recipes in that book, so my
> opinions are probably biased.  I also have done very little real
> reading yet.  Buyer beware.
>
> James Edward Gray II
>
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