in particular select the sections “Built-in Classes and Methods”, and
“Standard Library”. This version of the book is quite old and is for
ruby 1.6, but that just means you’re missing some new classes and
methods. The second edition (for ruby 1.8) and third edition (for ruby
1.9) are available to buy as either PDF or paper books from www.pragprog.com
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