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Re: Still Relevant: Original Gosling/McGilton Java White Paper?

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themattfella wrote:
> I am learning Java and have found the original White Paper by Gosling 
> and McGilton.

I am not familiar with that paper. Have you a line?

> I find it very readable.
> 
> Is it still a good starting point to learn Java?

If by "original" you mean circa 1996, then no.

> I already know C and C++.

Those will start you well but confuse you thoroughly if you aren't cognizant of the differences.

Knowing those languages is only a help if knowing assembler is also a help to you.

Or LISP.

Real programmers pick up on languages pretty quickly, and the commonality between 
programming languages helps them.

Less adept practitioners get hung up on why language Y doesn't do things the same way as 
Language X.

I would start with the Java tutorials on the Oracle website and work from there.

Also search for Java tutorials.

Don't bother learning any version prior to Java 5.

-- 
Lew

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Still Relevant: Original Gosling/McGilton Java White Paper? themattfella <themattfella@xyyzzz.com> - 2013-03-29 01:43 -0500
  Re: Still Relevant: Original Gosling/McGilton Java White Paper? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-03-28 23:49 -0700
  Re: Still Relevant: Original Gosling/McGilton Java White Paper? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-03-29 18:13 -0700
    Re: Still Relevant: Original Gosling/McGilton Java White Paper? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-03-30 08:34 -0700
    Re: Still Relevant: Original Gosling/McGilton Java White Paper? themattfella <themattfella@xyyzzz.com> - 2013-03-31 22:52 -0500
      Re: Still Relevant: Original Gosling/McGilton Java White Paper? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-03-31 21:00 -0700
      Re: Still Relevant: Original Gosling/McGilton Java White Paper? Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2013-04-01 16:14 +0200
      Re: Still Relevant: Original Gosling/McGilton Java White Paper? markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-04-01 08:53 -0700
        Re: Still Relevant: Original Gosling/McGilton Java White Paper? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-04-01 10:44 -0700

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