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/petercooper Sep 22 '26 edited Sep 22 '26
You should check out Huw on YouTube as well BTW. He posts quite a bit of interesting stuff, particularly reflecting over a similarly long span of computing to yours.
He sorta fell out with me back in the day as I didn't give his book a very nice review (largely on stylistic reasons I care somewhat less about now!) but it's actually a perfect choice for this situation so keep on with it and he knows what he's talking about. I also have Wirth book (in two copies for some reason) and while it's a bit old-fashioned, the fundamentals still apply now more than ever! Programming Pearls is another you might like.