From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2007-06-25T05:40:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Trying to start with Ruby, and Rails, seperately

On 6/24/07, Giles Bowkett <gilesb@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hal's book is excellent but is not for beginners.  (It says so right
> > in the beginning)
> > I do think it'd be a great book to have around once you go beyond the
> > basics, but it's not meant to teach you Ruby.
>
> True!
>
> The OP mentioned working with Perl and C++, so I figured I'd risk it.
> It isn't for the totally uninitiated, though.

I should have read upwards.  I think I saw the first post but not the
second.  Yeah, I think with that background it might be doable, as
long as (like you suggested) you had the Pickaxe for reference.