Hi -- On Fri, 20 Jan 2006, Dave Howell wrote: > Well, I'm sure somebody's going to write the "Learn Ruby in 14 days" book or > the "Ruby for Dummies" book or something else, and the Pickaxe book can just > be The Reference Book. You could always chop 33% out of the 21 days book :-) The Pickaxe is the Pickaxe. Everyone gets something from it, and probably different things, including (at least in my case) a ton of tutorial benefit. No need to pigeonhole it. If it walks like a tutorial and talks like a tutorial.... :-) David -- David A. Black dblack / wobblini.net "Ruby for Rails", from Manning Publications, coming April 2006! http://www.manning.com/books/black