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| From | Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: Recommended books to learn Java |
| Date | 2012-09-28 13:58 -0700 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
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On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:26:59 -0700 (PDT), Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com>
wrote:
>Robert Klemme wrote:
>> 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.
>
>Yes, you do. Maybe not a beginning programmer's book, but definitely a beginning
>Java programmer's book.
>
>I have over thirteen years' professional experience developing Java and I still
>learn something new every time I read the tutorials.
I second this. Little quirks of a language that are at the
beginning level will be assumed to be known at higher levels. You
could end up blindsiding yourself. And review is good.
[snip]
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
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Recommended books to learn Java Dan Kalish <kaliuzhkin@verizon.net> - 2012-09-28 07:52 -0700
Re: Recommended books to learn Java Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-09-28 17:31 +0200
Re: Recommended books to learn Java Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-09-28 12:26 -0700
Re: Recommended books to learn Java Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-28 13:58 -0700
Re: Recommended books to learn Java Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-09-28 22:56 -0400
Re: Recommended books to learn Java Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-09-30 17:13 -0700
Re: Recommended books to learn Java Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-09-28 11:42 -0400
Re: Recommended books to learn Java Jim Gibson <jimsgibson@gmail.com> - 2012-09-28 09:36 -0700
Re: Recommended books to learn Java Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-09-28 11:27 -0700
Re: Recommended books to learn Java glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-09-28 22:32 +0000
Re: Recommended books to learn Java Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-09-28 23:01 -0400
Re: Recommended books to learn Java glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-09-29 08:24 +0000
Re: Recommended books to learn Java Dan Kalish <kaliuzhkin@verizon.net> - 2012-10-01 09:28 -0700
Re: Recommended books to learn Java "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-10-01 12:59 -0400
Re: Recommended books to learn Java Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-10-01 20:45 -0400
Re: Recommended books to learn Java Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-10-01 19:49 -0400
Re: Recommended books to learn Java David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca> - 2012-10-01 22:34 -0400
Re: Recommended books to learn Java bob smith <bob@coolfone.comze.com> - 2012-10-01 13:14 -0700
Re: Recommended books to learn Java Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-10-01 20:47 -0400
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