Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?= Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Beginner Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 20:11:04 -0400 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <33e782a9-792d-44f1-ab5f-4cdc2a7b8174@googlegroups.com> <7aoguatpl74jhjjh3ba06s6tgc6sb0o55u@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: NIM2IeSPVd0kE3mU1mieXw.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.2.0 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:32505 On 9/3/2015 2:50 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote: > On Fri, 04 Sep 2015 01:16:48 +1000, Gordon Levi wrote: >> Martin Gregorie wrote: >>> It may be relevant to this recommendation that I'd been writing C for at >>> least 10 years when I picked up Java. >> >> I can't recommend a particular book but I would strongly advise the OP >> to take note of that last sentence. The text books I have consulted >> waste space by telling me how Java differs from, or is similar to, C[++] >> although I have carefully avoided anything later than K&R C. >> >> If you don't know C++ don't adopt a Java text book that mentions it. >> > There's no reason for a book that teaches Java to mention any other > programming language. Ever. I only mentioned that I already had quite > extensive C experience to show that I already had a programming > background which might unintentionally bias my view of what is or is not > a suitable book to learn Java from. Sometimes making a comparison to popular languages can provide a lot of info for very little text for those that know that language. Obviously it should not be a main topic. But a few references where relevant could provide a lot of value for those knowing the language with minimal inconvenience for the rest. Arne