From: seebs@... (Peter Seebach)
Date: 2007-07-14T10:46:47+09:00
Subject: Re: I need serious help!

In message <a344c00de0aeb6ae32d649b1accdc15a@ruby-forum.com>, Joe Wiltrout writes:
>Why's 
>Guide lost me at about chapter 3. The best thing I'v done in Ruby is 
>make the thingy reconize a sandwich as Ham, Turkey, Cheese. So, could 
>someone inform me if this is normal to not understand any of this stuff 
>at all?

To put it in perspective, I can program fluently in something like a dozen
programming languages, and I found why's guide utterly impenetrable; in fact,
it put me off Ruby until I got a recommendation that led me to find a book
written in a slightly more conventional style.  Different people may have
wildly different learning styles.

But it is fairly normal not to understand anything at all when you are just
starting out in a new language.  I liked Chris Pine's guide, which is also
available online, and/or the expanded form which is a paperback book.

>Because I'm sure the programming team at Blizzard started out 
>alot better than me.

Well, certainly, by the time they were working there, yeah.  :)

-s