From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2009-03-02T00:53:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby in a Nutshell

On 01.03.2009 16:21, Jeff Schwab wrote:
> Robert Klemme wrote:
>> On 28.02.2009 17:02, Tim Hunter wrote:
>>> Jeff Schwab wrote:
>>>> I'm thinking of buying & reading Ruby in a Nutshell (O'Reilly, 2001), 
> 
>>>> I'm really looking for an extremely concise, but in-depth guide to 
>>>> Ruby.

>> Jeff, IMHO the upcoming book by David A. Black could be for you - 
>> although it is not short either.  But it covers 1.9:
>>
>> http://www.manning.com/black2/

> The Manning book looks promising, too.  The site says that "The 
> Well-Grounded Rubyist is [a revised edition of] Ruby for Rails."  I've 
> seen positive reviews of that book.  Rails is the primary reason for my 
> recently rekindled interest in Ruby.

You should be aware though that David's new book is solely about Ruby as 
  a language.  It covers all the basics pretty good, I'd say, which is 
what you seem to be after if I read your original posting correctly.

Kind regards

	robert