Yah David, Maybe it's just my own lack of comprehension I just don't know why none of this is sticking. I've been dabbling with Ruby for a good month now and only know the very basics. Should there be a Ruby for dummies book, for guys like me? :D ----- Original Message ----- From: <dblack / wobblini.net> To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk / ruby-lang.org> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 10:42 AM Subject: Re: Just a question to throw out there... > Hi -- > > On Fri, 3 Nov 2006, Skotty wrote: > >> Another noobrube question. >> >> Is this the "easiest" language to learn? I'm well aware that none of >> these programming languages are "easy" but I've been struggling with this >> for a while and don't want to give up. >> >> Or is there something else I should know first BEFORE going to Ruby? >> Why's guide is a biggggg help but I don't know why I can't retain this >> information. >> >> Any help guides? >> Anything? > > Have you looked at Chris Pine's "Learn to Program" book? It uses Ruby > as the instruction language. > > > David > > -- > David A. Black | dblack / wobblini.net > Author of "Ruby for Rails" [1] | Ruby/Rails training & consultancy [3] > DABlog (DAB's Weblog) [2] | Co-director, Ruby Central, Inc. [4] > [1] http://www.manning.com/black | [3] http://www.rubypowerandlight.com > [2] http://dablog.rubypal.com | [4] http://www.rubycentral.org >