Ruby for Newbie?!

[Phil Tomson]

In article <91acf731.0205200939.41e89a8f at posting.google.com>,
Jason Voegele <jason at jvoegele.com> wrote:
>Scrumpy <reply at in_newsgroup.tks> wrote in message
>news:<ac3maf$81p$2 at hfc.pacific.net.hk>...
>> I want to learn a programming language.
>
>
>> Finally, is there a good Ruby book aimed at newbie programmers (not 
>> existing programmers new to Ruby)?
>
>It has not yet been released, but Pete McBreen, author of "Software
>Craftmanship", is currently writing a Ruby book aimed at newbie
>programmers.  Until this book is completed, the next best thing would
>be Dave Thomas' and Andrew Hunt's "Programming Ruby", which is
>available online at:
>
>http://www.rubycentral.com/book/
> 

Actually, Mark Slagell's "Teach Yourself Ruby in 21 days" would probably 
be a good choice for newbie programmers.

Phil