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What about 'Programming Ruby 1.9: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide' ?

I know they have a 1.8 version of the book as well, but does the 1.9 version
of the book go over 1.8 and 1.9 both?

I also saw a book promoted here on the list called, 'The Well-Grounded
Rubyist'. It mainly covers 1.9 as well.

Have any of you read these two as well?

I will take a look at that O'Reilly's book ... I have not seen that one yet.

On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Michael J. I. Jackson <mjijackson / gmail.com
> wrote:

> 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.
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>

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