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From: Steve Graham <jsgrahamus@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Learning Java
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:03:07 -0600
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I've been a programmer for 3 decades working in mostly procedural 
languages, although I have done some work with a couple of 
object-oriented ones.

Which book would you recommend that I read to learn Java?  Obviously, I 
don't want to read a beginning programming book, nor do I want to study 
one which presupposes I know something about Java or a lot about OO 
concepts.

Thanks, Steve