From: Tom Pollard <tomp@...>
Date: 2006-10-05T22:18:57+09:00
Subject: Re: K&R for Ruby


On Oct 5, 2006, at 8:22 AM, Paul Battley wrote:

> On 05/10/06, Esmail Bonakdarian <ebonakDUH@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Is there a concise introduction/coverage of Ruby similar to how
>> Kernighan & Ritchie did for C?
>
> Maybe the Ruby QuickRef might be closer to the kind of thing you're  
> looking for:
>
> http://www.zenspider.com/Languages/Ruby/QuickRef.html

That's a good reference card, but not intended to be an introduction  
to the language.  I think Mark Slagell's "Ruby User's Guide" is  
probably closer to the level at which Kernighan and Ritchie was  
written (concise, but still readable, and reasonably complete.)

     Ruby User's Guide
     http://www.rubyist.net/~slagell/ruby/

Tom