From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2007-09-28T06:18:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Confession: I never learned CS

On 9/26/07, David B. Williams <david@cybersprocket.com> wrote:
> Jay Levitt wrote:
> > So - any recommended reading?  What books will help me change the way I
> > think about data?
>
> If you want a book that deals with Ruby and the fundamentals you would
> learn in any introduction to data structures and algorithms course, try
> this:
>
> http://www.brpreiss.com/books/opus8/

A big -1 on that book. It's been discussed here before.

It's part of a series in which the author treats different languages
as plug-in replacements.  It's not at all a good ruby resource.


-- 
Rick DeNatale

My blog on Ruby
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