If you're looking for a good book that covers both 1.8 and 1.9, I
highly recommend O'Reilly's "The Ruby Programming Language". It's the
most comprehensive and concise reference that I've found, and it
bridges the gap between 1.8 and 1.9 nicely, explaining the differences
between the two as you go.

Michael

On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Joshua Collins <kidguko / gmail.com> wrote:
> I was wondering the exact same thing!
>
> Before I knew 1.9 was coming out I got a 1.8 book, and I have gone through
> it. However, I am wondering if I should get a 1.9 book now and learn it.
>
> I have not started any major projects using Ruby just yet, and am curious if
> I should practice with 1.8 some before I learn 1.9 or just jump into 1.9 and
> start using it for projects?
>
> My only concern is the lack of Gem support 1.9 might have right now. Is it
> something a new comer should worry with? Or, should I just forget the lack
> of Gem support and know that Gem's will eventually update to 1.9 and new
> Gems will be made for 1.9.
>
> Anyhow, I know that I will want to learn 1.9 at some point. I just do not
> want to jump in and be a bad position to progress in my learning because of
> 1.9 set backs because it is so new.
>
> On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Hooopo <hoooopo / gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I think ,as a beginnner, to learn Ruby 1.8 is a good way,there are so
>> many lib .
>> and also, if he has learned 1.8 ,then to learn Ruby 1.9 will be easy
>> for him.
>>
>> ps: sorry for my poor English.
>>
>>
>