From: "Peña, Botp" <botp@...>
Date: 2003-03-26T12:18:17+09:00
Subject: Re: What kind of book is PickAxe?



> bbense+comp.lang.ruby.Mar.25.03@telemark.slac.stanford.edu 
> Daniel Carrera  <dcarrera@math.umd.edu> wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >The recent discussion about PickAxe made me wonder, what kind of book
> >would you say PickAxe is?  Right now I can only think of 3 kinds of 
> >books:
> >
> >- Tutorial  (e.g. _Learn_Ruby_in_21_days_)
> >- Reference (e.g. _Ruby_in_a_Nutshell_)
> >- Cookbook  (e.g. _The_Ruby_Way_ )
> >
> >PickAxe doesn't seem to fit any of the above.
> >
> >How would you categorize PickAxe?
> >
> 
> _ Here's how I divide my books. 
> 
> 1. Stays on Desk. ( _The_Ruby_Way_ ) 
> 
> 2. Stays on Bookshelf. ( _Ruby_Developers_Guide_ )
> 
> 3. Loan/recommend to people. ( Pickaxe ) 
> 
> 4. Recycling. ( No Ruby books in this category yet. ) 
> 
> _ I'd happily let you borrow my Pickaxe, but I'd insist
> you buy your own copy of the Ruby Way. 

I like all.

You didn't mention the 21-days, sigh. My nephew loves it.. I know why after
reading lately -www (writer writes well)...

so, I'd like to add:
3b. loan/recommend to people/students.

kind regards -botp