From: Todd Benson <caduceass@...>
Date: 2008-03-10T04:40:05+09:00
Subject: Re: The Ruby Programming Language - what are your thoughts?

On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Dave Thomas <dave@pragprog.com> wrote:
>
>  On Mar 9, 2008, at 7:24 AM, Clifford Heath wrote:
>
>  > I haven't finished reading it yet, but it's every bit the book
>  > I wanted a few years ago when I had the misfortune to buy the
>  > Pragmatic "Programming Ruby" instead. It's properly structured,
>  > deals thoroughly with each subject before moving to the next,
>  > and doesn't have any pointless and incomprehensible tutorial
>  > content.
>
>  I think it's great that we now have books that suit different people.
>  I'd encourage everyone who wants to get a Ruby book to check out
>  David's book (and hopefully the PickAxe too). My hope is that the
>  variety of books will simply encourage more people to start using Ruby.

I definitely like both books, but being the stubborn person that I am,
I do most of my learning of Ruby from irb, ruby-doc.org, and
ruby-talk.  I think it's a great way to learn the language _if_ you
are not on a tight schedule.  You need the references, of course, for
subtle/hidden things.

Todd