[ale] semi [OT] making learning ruby programming fun?

[James Sumners]

On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 6:48 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE)
<atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:
> Actually, in the 21st century, I believe the programmer should NEVER have to think about things like memory allocation ... EVER!

There's no chance you're going to see eye-to-eye with pretty much any
programmer that reads this list. [1] is basically about the dangers of
glossing over these sorts of topics (i.e. not learning them/using
them).

Going back to the original topic, there is only one way learning a
language is going to be fun -- you have to like the language. For me,
there's no book ever written, or will be written, that will make
learning Ruby fun. I hate the language and its conventions. So, Ruby
appeals to you at a basic level, just pick a project and start working
on it. That's the only real way to learn it.

N.B. when I say "learning a language" I mean the standard library
and/or framework(s). Learning the syntax and constructs is easy.

[1] -- http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/ThePerilsofJavaSchools.html


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