Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!news.shlink.de!news.iphh.net!iphh.net!nntp.ilk.net!noris.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.theremailer.net!frell.theremailer.net!anonymous From: Fritz Wuehler Comments: This message did not originate from the Sender address above. It was remailed automatically by anonymizing remailer software. Please report problems or inappropriate use to the remailer administrator at . Identifying the real sender is technically impossible. Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.help Subject: Re: How far back can we go? References: Message-ID: <2ea55b1cb917b154149948cac3f0cd37@msgid.frell.theremailer.net> Precedence: anon Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 01:48:08 +0200 Mail-To-News-Contact: abuse@frell.theremailer.net Organization: Frell Anonymous Remailer Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.help:984 Steve wrote: > On 8/27/2011 2:15 AM, Fritz Wuehler wrote: > > I'm finding some older Java books on the net. How far back in time is it > > safe to use these books to learn Java? They seem to be putting out new > > releases pretty often. Are they building on each other or is the old stuff > > outdated? I know a few procedural languages and I understand basic OO > > concepts but I am having trouble learning Java. Thanks. > > > Hi Fritz; > > I just got out of a long term, technologically conservative job. I have > been working at updating myself. MAJOR changes started happening with > Java as of 1.5/Java 5 ( collections, generics, many others ). > > I would invest some money if you had to and get the most modern quality > text you can find. > > Steve Hi Steve, I'm sure you meant well but it's not very likely a person who doesn't know anything about subject A can tell whether this or that book is a quality text on subject A. I realize I didn't ask "what are the best books today on Java" and that may be a question I ask soon but I do have a small collection of older books found online and would like to see how useful they are or if anything bad happens if I use them. This is for my own interest not for a job so I probably have different goals in mind than you. Thank you.