From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2008-05-17T01:45:03+09:00
Subject: Re: What is the bes Ruby's book for beginners?

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Dana Merrick <dmerrick@ics.com> wrote:
> There is a new book out co-authored by Matz, the man who created Ruby. It's
> called The Ruby Programming Language, and it is very, very good.
>
> It's only a couple months old, but it is the most up to date (1.8 and the
> not-yet-released 1.9). Because of its age, it's not likely to be recommended
> by a ton of people here, but it was written to be _THE_ source on the Ruby
> language.
>
> Check it out!
> -Dana

It is a very good book, and might serve as an introduction to Ruby for
some readers.  However, it's really much more of a reference book than
a tutorial, and I suspect that for some people it would serve better
as a second book on Ruby.

-- 
Rick DeNatale

My blog on Ruby
http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/