Peter Seebach <seebs <at> seebs.net> writes:

> 
> In message <cc092b6c0706061536o18e071a4m95c2e381db420c3 <at> mail.gmail.com>,
"Harol
> d Hausman" writes:
> >At the beginning of course!
> >
> >http://poignantguide.net/ruby/
> 
> I just have to point out:
> 
> Had I been given pretty much any other link first, I would have learned Ruby
> months earlier.  That one creeped me out with how cultish it was, and
> furthermore, didn't actually TELL me anything about the language for a
> few pages.  I found Pickaxe much more approachable.
> 
> I do not like to start people with a programming language guide which
> reads like an old Dr. Pepper commercial.
> 
> -s
> 
> 


I'm going to endorse this comment. I found Why's guide very difficult to get
involved in and the Pragmatic guide was a much better introduction. It's online
as well.. http://www.rubycentral.com/book/