# New here on ruby-talk **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [December 1, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-here-on-ruby-talk/154513 "2008-12-01T02:52:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![richard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@richard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/richard)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-here-on-ruby-talk/154513/1 "2008-12-01T02:52:36Z")
hi, I am very interested in learning Ruby and wanted to say hi to the community here. My background is lot of perl(means I spent lot of time on it but not an expert at all) and tiny bit of c but also want to learn ruby and so far I have read “learn to program” by Chris pine(which btw, I immensely enjoyed; originally heard about the book from interview w/ Chris pine at perlcast which I really liked). I am internet freak and stay connected at all time.( I am very active on posting as well ). I just got done ordering “Developing facebook platform applications w/ rails” and “Agile Web D. with rails” and looking to poke around the ruby more. My question is however is rub-talk mailing list gear towards newbie like me or is there another channel that I should apply on? Please let me know. thanks! ---
**Author:** ![richard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@richard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/richard)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 3:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-here-on-ruby-talk/154513/2 "2008-12-01T03:13:04Z")
On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 8:46 PM, Richard [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > hi, I am very interested in learning Ruby and wanted to say hi to the > community here. Hello and welcome! > My question is however is rub-talk mailing list gear towards newbie like me > or is there another channel that I should apply on? This mailing list is fine for any level of rubyist. Just be sure to put your Rails specific questions on the rubyonrails mailing list, they’ll generally be ignored here. Regards, Michael G. ---
**Author:** ![richard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@richard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/richard)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 3:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-here-on-ruby-talk/154513/3 "2008-12-01T03:50:35Z")
Michael G. wrote: > > expert at all) and tiny bit of c but also want to learn ruby and so far I > > or is there another channel that I should apply on? will do. thanks for the welcome notice! ---
**Author:** ![richard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@richard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/richard)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-here-on-ruby-talk/154513/4 "2008-12-01T04:42:04Z")
Richard wrote: > My question is however is rub-talk mailing list gear towards newbie like > me or is there another channel that I should apply on? All we ask is you try every question with Google first. You will find endless answers (most of them valuable!) to such questions as “What’s the Best GUI for Ruby?” or “Why Does Duck Typing Suck?” Just don’t ask _those_ recividous questions again, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![richard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@richard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/richard)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 6:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-here-on-ruby-talk/154513/5 "2008-12-01T06:16:46Z")
Phlip wrote: > Richard wrote: > > > My question is however is rub-talk mailing list gear towards newbie like > > me or is there another channel that I should apply on? > > All we ask is you try every question with Google first. You will find > endless answers (most of them valuable!) to such questions as “What’s the > Best GUI for Ruby?” or “Why Does Duck Typing Suck?” Just don’t ask _those_ > recividous questions again, thanks! Well, no and yes. Certain topics have little about them that will likely change over time. For example, adding static typing to Ruby. (I hate to suggest that any topic is off-limits, but out of general courtesy people should give some thought as to whether what they post is going to add to the general thread pool, and so much has been said about a few topics, such as static typing, that new posts tend to be more noise than signal. But who knows?) Other question topics _do_ change over time, such as available Web frameworks, GUI tools, Ruby implementations, etc. Relying only on past discussions will give an incorrect impression of choices and quality. That said, it is well worth searching to see if a question has been asked _recently_, in which case asking it again would be mostly annoying. It’s also very helpful to avoid vague terms such as “best”, and instead include specific, objective (when possible) requirements, and to indicate some familiarity with past postings (so people don’t waste time telling you things you already know). – James B. [www.happycamperstudios.com](http://www.happycamperstudios.com) - Wicked Cool Coding [www.jamesbritt.com](http://www.jamesbritt.com) - Playing with Better Toys [www.ruby-doc.org](http://www.ruby-doc.org) - Ruby Help & Documentation [www.rubystuff.com](http://www.rubystuff.com) - The Ruby Store for Ruby Stuff