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Book:   The Ruby Programming Language
Subject:   A Must-Have For Serious Ruby Developers
Date:   2008-03-04 04:36:17
From:   Larry
Rating:  StarStarStarStarStar

Like the book says in the beginning: "Ruby is not a simple language... and this book is not a simple book. It is intended for experienced programmers... and are willing to read carefully and thoughtfully to achieve this goal."
Ruby is still relatively new, so there are not a ton of books from which to choose. But you gotta figure that one by the creator of the language (Y. Matsumoto) and the author of the popular "Java in a Nutshell" (D. Flanagan) is bound to be good - and it is.
It's a simple, no-nonsense text that will answer just about any question you might have about the Ruby programming language. This and the more-conversational-in-tone "The Ruby Way" by Hal Fulton make for an unbeatable pair.

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"...with its esteemed authors and technical approach, is sure to become a new 'Bible' for Ruby developers."
--Peter Cooper, Ruby Inside