From: Maik Schmidt Date: 2003-07-07T20:57:15+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby books Jesper Olsen wrote: > What is the best book for learning Ruby (Ruby specifically, not > programming in general)? Thatt depends on the reader, of course :-) > "Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide", Andrew Hunt, > Davis Thomas > > has obtained very good reviews, but it is somewhat dated (2000, Ruby > 1.6). It is still my favourite one and indispensable IMHO. It covers every aspect of Ruby and contains a great language reference. If you are looking only for a complete reference, then go and get matz' "Ruby in a nutshell". To read something like a cookbook, give "The Ruby Way" a chance. > What has happend to ruby since v. 1.6? A lot has happened, but most of the changes are backwards compatible as far as I know, so reading a book on version 1.6 is not a time waste.