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						<li class="frontmatter introduction"><a href="/ruby-compendium/book/intro.html#h_1">So you want to learn Ruby...</a></li><li><ol><li class="frontmatter section"><a href="/ruby-compendium/book/notes.html#h_2">About this Book</a></li></ol></li>
<li class="bodymatter chapter"><a href="/ruby-compendium/book/language.html#h_3">Quick Tour</a></li><li><ol><li class="bodymatter section"><a href="/ruby-compendium/book/ten-good-things.html#ten-good-things">10 Good Things about Ruby</a></li><li class="bodymatter section"><a href="/ruby-compendium/book/implementations.html#implementations">Versions and Implementations</a></li><li class="bodymatter section"><a href="/ruby-compendium/book/syntax.html#syntax">Syntax</a></li><li class="bodymatter section"><a href="/ruby-compendium/book/core-stdlib.html#core-stdlib">The Core and the Standard Library</a></li><li class="bodymatter section"><a href="/ruby-compendium/book/features.html#features">Advanced Language Features</a></li></ol></li>
<li class="bodymatter chapter"><a href="/ruby-compendium/book/gems.html#gems">Ruby Gems</a></li><li><ol><li class="bodymatter section"><a href="/ruby-compendium/book/gem-tips.html#h_17">What you can use for...</a></li></ol></li>
<li class="bodymatter chapter"><a href="/ruby-compendium/book/resources.html#resources">Resources</a></li><li><ol><li class="bodymatter section"><a href="/ruby-compendium/book/web-sites.html#websites">Web Sites</a></li><li class="bodymatter section"><a href="/ruby-compendium/book/books.html#books">Books</a></li><li class="bodymatter section"><a href="/ruby-compendium/book/podcasts.html#podcasts">Podcasts and Screencasts</a></li></ol></li>
<li class="backmatter appendix"><a href="/ruby-compendium/book/rubyists.html#h_32">Notable Rubyists</a></li>
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