From: Dave Thomas <dave@...>
Date: 2008-05-23T03:22:58+09:00
Subject: Re: The Ruby Programming Language book


On May 22, 2008, at 12:41 PM, Dana Merrick wrote:

> To the best of my knowledge, RPL is your best source for ruby 1.9  
> information right now, which I'm sure will give it a leg up.

Actually, not wanting to toot my own horn too much, but... The new  
PickAxe beta is more up-to-date: Ruby 1.9 has changed significantly  
since December, and it continues to change. Hundreds of methods have  
been added to the built-in set. Complex and Rational are now built in.  
Existing methods have tweaks to their behavior. And changes are still  
being made. If you want a paper book now with 1.9 stuff in it, then  
RPL's the only game in town. I deliberately haven't looked at it  
because I don't want to taint what I'm writing for the PickAxe, but I  
hear good things.

If you're OK with a PDF that is getting updated as 1.9 evolves, then  
you might want the PickAxe.


Dave