From: coigner <coignerATgmail@...>
Date: 2008-03-09T02:24:56+09:00
Subject: Re: The Ruby Programming Language - what are your thoughts?

On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:02:15 -0500, Esmail wrote:

> coigner wrote:
>> On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:04:55 -0500, Esmail wrote:
>> 
>>> hi,
>>>
>>> does anyone have a copy of this book, and if so what do you think of
>>> it?
>>>
>>> how does it compare to other ruby books?
>> 
>> The new one by Flanagan and Matsumoto?
> 
> Yup, that's the one!
> 
>>'s already the one that
>> stays on my desk rather than the shelf.
> 
> that's a good sign!
> 
>> I'm still fairly new to Ruby and there were many times the others would
>> leave me scratching my head about something. TRPL is, in my experience,
>> much more consistently clear. Makes for a good reference. Especially
>> for those of us who know how to program but Ruby is still a new
>> experience.
> 
> that's me for sure, comfortable with programming, but switching between
> languages often presents a challenge, maybe this can turn into a
> quick-lookup-reference when I need to look up something or orient
> myself.

While your mileage may vary (of course), it's definitely become my main 
"quick lookup" book.