Actually both books have the same two authors.
But why would their having collaborated on a Ruby
book make you turn your nose up at a general programming
book? This sounds more like bigotry to me than anything
else. The best programmers in any language tend to know
several - and like multiple ones. It is much easier to
notice that a language over there has a nice feature that
works well and borrow it than it is to come up with
original ideas. Larry Wall knows this well, which is why
Perl derives from so many sources. I hope he continues to
do so.
Also see Why
I Hate Advocacy by Dominus. And think carefully about
what he has to say.
Don't knock a new tool until you have tried it. And just
because someone likes one tool that you don't is no reason
to never deal with them again. | 