Ruby for Newbie?!

[Scrumpy]

ptkwt at shell1.aracnet.com (Phil Tomson) wrote in 
news:acoga801b32 at enews2.newsguy.com:

> 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

Thanks (and for your previous post), I'll have a look for that one in the 
bookshops.

Scrumpy :)