The Ruby Programming, Language
Everything You Need to Know
by David Flanagan
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appears in Ruby, Programming, and Programming.
The Ruby Programming, Language is the authoritative guide to Ruby and provides comprehensive coverage of versions 1.8 and 1.9 of the language. It was written (and illustrated!) by an allstar team:David Flanagan, bestselling author of Programming, language "bibles" (including JavaScript: The Definitive Guide and Java in a Nutshell) and committer to t...
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