From: Phillip Gawlowski <cmdjackryan@...>
Date: 2007-03-23T03:36:13+09:00
Subject: Re: free pdf ebook

Chad Wilson wrote:
> I found the Poignant Guide difficult to read.  I used to be a programmer 
> many moons ago, but only recently have tried to get back into the swing 
> of things.  I am used to reading technical manuals.  The way of 
> describing things in the Poignant Guide tended to confuse me, rather 
> than help.

I found that I could understand _why's peculiar stile after I already 
had somewhat adjusted to the Ruby culture in general.

The nice thing is, that there are many tutorials out there, that even I 
can understand. Something, I found distinctly lacking in the so-called 
enterprise-level languages like C/++ or Java.

> But, I have enjoyed learning Ruby with the Pragmatic Programmer book, as 
> well as the on-line tutorials.

And the Pickaxe is a very good reference, too. I tend to look into it 
first, before consulting *ri.

-- 
Phillip "CynicalRyan" Gawlowski

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