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Comment by losvedir | Hacker News Reader

Where is the source for the quote from Zed Shaw? The link doesn't mention it at all.

I know Zed Shaw railed on a previous translation to Ruby; I'd be curious to know the backstory here about why this one is different.

edit: Nevermind, in a different HN thread[1] Zed talks about it.

[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2846671

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Zed here, this one is different because Rob asked permission and then did a great job actually completing the translation. It's not totally idiomatic Ruby, but it should be a good start for people.

I loved Learning Python the Hard Way so I think I'll do the Ruby version as well, would you recommend anything specific after it to learn idiomatic Ruby?

I am not sure, but I'll ask some Ruby folks who might know and then update the book to point people in the right direction.

The title Eloquent Ruby has been getting excellent reviews by beginners and Rubyists alike. And I happened to have loved reading it.

It is basically a book of best practices and ruby idioms. (For example, the use of a ruby object's each method instead of for..in.)

I can't speak specifically to how idiomatic it is as I've yet to read it, but I've heard http://www.amazon.com/Eloquent-Ruby-Addison-Wesley-Professio... recommended a few times.

Apologies i figured a link to the site was more useful than the link to the tweet:

http://twitter.com/#!/zedshaw/status/99151723142184961

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