INTRODUCTION

If you’re looking at this book and reading this introduction, you probably have these two questions:

image  Should I learn Ruby?

image  Is this the book for me?

Of course, the answers to these questions depend upon who you are and what your situation is. But the fact that you’re curious about Ruby and this book would lead me to suggest that the answer to both question is “Yes!” But I admit I have a biased opinion.

There are a lot of programming languages out there and lots of books on each language. If you quickly read just the next couple of ...

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