Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: glen herrmannsfeldt Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Recommended books to learn Java Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 22:32:44 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 0usSS01PZ8AI54GFz6in7A.user.speranza.aioe.org X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: tin/1.9.6-20100522 ("Lochruan") (UNIX) (Linux/2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64)) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:18983 Dan Kalish wrote: > I'm an experienced programmer and would like to learn Java, > in order to make myself more marketable. > In particular, during the period 1968-1978 I worked years as > a Scientific Progammer, primarily programming in Fortran IV (66?). > Since then, I have occasionally programmed in SNOBOL, PASCAL, > BASIC, Plato, Fortran 95 and C++. > Thus, I don't need a beginner's book. You should have nearby the official Java language reference manual. That, and some sample programs to work on should be enough, though your Java will likely look like on of the other languages. I more elementary book would explain many things that Java programmers are assumed to know, but that aren't in the LRM. You might look at: http://webster.cs.washington.edu:8080/practiceit/ I have not seen anything like it for any other language. -- glen