From: stevec890@... (Steve Cooper)
Date: 2004-01-10T06:56:38+09:00
Subject: Should a newbie learn 1.6 or 1.8?

I'm just starting to learn Ruby, and I've purchased Ruby in a Nutshell
and Programming Ruby.  Both are based on version 1.6.  Which version
should I use as I learn the language?  1.6 will correspond to the
documentation I have.  If I installed 1.8, I could see spending time
dealing with situations where my program doesn't work and after a lot
of head-scratching I eventually figure out that the reason is the new
behavior of 1.8.  Any recommendations?

I kind of wish there were some labels I could print out and stick on
the appropriate pages of "Programming Ruby" that said "This has
changed in version 1.8."

Thanks,

Steve