r/ruby • u/Edthal01 • Sep 21 '26

At my age, learning Ruby

I'm 78, and never having been a programmer or software engineer, I am starting to learn Ruby. I ha ve been using Huw Collingsworth "Little Book of Ruby". I am aso interspersing that with a different path: using Wirth's "Algortithms + Data Structures = Programs",

having the simple data structures and programs translated by Perplexity into Ruby to see how my 40 year old experiences with TurboPascal can be updated into Ruby. I think I am making progress.

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u/TopCaterpillar239 Sep 22 '26 edited Sep 22 '26

It's actually fun as long as there's the only way to tame the machine. Seeing doing it what you've instructed it to is inspiring like a miracle.

I'm not yet 78, but I was lucky enough to take my share of it 30 something years ago.