From: Chad Perrin <code@...>
Date: 2011-07-14T03:07:21+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] RubyInstaller Extras

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On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 10:33:44PM +0900, patrick lynch wrote:
> ...looks interesting...i'm just finishing up on a long Haskell=20
> journey...so, i'll probably buy this book...but the 30% discount is not a=
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> large incentive, since Amazon is selling it for $26.37 - so, i'll buy it=
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> there...

I thought it might be worth it to get from No Starch Press with the 30%
discount anyway, because the price with the discount code is only about a
buck and a half more than the Amazon price and it comes with ebook
formats for no additional charge that way (whereas Amazon doesn't appear
to offer an ebook format for it at all, including Kindle -- and if it
did, it would probably be at least $20 for that one format).

I was thinking of getting it from No Starch Press because of the free
ebook formats, but when I saw Steve Klabnik's email commenting on the
abnormal code style in the book I decided I should really read a sample
chapter or two (in addition to the sample Chapter 10 being offered here,
the No Starch Press site also offers Chapter 11).

That adventure led to a combined review of two books, *The Book of Ruby*
and *Eloquent Ruby*.  If you're interested:

    http://blogstrapping.com/?page=3D2011.194.11.46.40

The TL;DR summary goes something like this:

    I'd recommend *Eloquent Ruby* over *The Book of Ruby*, not only
    because I think it is better, but also because it very well might
    make *The Book of Ruby* largely redundant.

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Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]

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