Should I drop Ruby and learn C#?

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I'm currently learning Ruby by reading the book "Beginning Ruby: From Novice to Professional" by Peter Cooper. I'm about 70 pages in the book. The reason I started Ruby, is because I needed it to script some stuff, but now that I no longer need it, should I keep learning Ruby?

My plans were that after this book, I would start learning C#, to get into XNA, so should I skip ahead to that, or will I benefit from the Ruby and OOP programming I get from the book?

Thank you :)

Posted 20-Mar-14 2:38am

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Abhinav S · Answer 1 · 2014-03-20T02:43:00

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Learn Ruby AND C#.

Practice since just going through books will not help.

Posted 20-Mar-14 2:43am

Abhinav S

Updated 20-Mar-14 2:44am

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Thomas Nielsen - getCore · Answer 2 · 2014-03-20T02:50:00

Ruby is good for RAD
if you want a truely proficcient scripting tool, perhaps consider node.js, as of recently it is also supported by the CLR.net (common language runtime) plus it runs on everything from mac os over windows to linux (Node.js)
So for a powerfull compliment to C# i would recommend that.
But if your needs are for the infrequent scripting, consider PowerShell, it can even use all the .net you're ever going to run afterwards and it's comletely where the rubber meets the road on Microsoft based technology management and interaction scripting (PowerShell)

nima0041 · Answer 3 · 2014-03-20T02:45:00

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Thanks for the answer! Is it okay to learn them at the same time, or should I read this Ruby book and move on to a more advanced Ruby book AND then move onto C#, or can I just read this Ruby book, then read the advanced Ruby book while I start basic C#? :)

Posted 20-Mar-14 2:45am

nima0041