From: Michael Vondung <mvondung@...>
Date: 2002-06-27T01:14:08+09:00
Subject: Ruby books -- Which one for a true beginner?

It's been about ten years since I spent any time programming, and even
back then I'd only written medium-sized applications in various Basic
dialects (Locomotive Basic, Omikron Basic, GFA Basic, VB). I'm
interested in learning Ruby, but couldn't find any "beginner's
tutorials" online. (Most everything I found seemed rather advanced.)

There are several Ruby related books. Is there one among them that
you'd recommend to a true Ruby (and object oriented languages)
"newbie"? If there's no "real beginner's" book, which of the available
ones comes closest?

Thanks!
-M.