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Re: Are there any recommended Java books?

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Hey Martin, how are you doing?  Get any gliding in?

I don't actually own these books but the Oracle list that sends me stuff 
sent a review of Cay Horstmann's latest iteration of the Core Java 
books.  I think folks think these two are some of the best out there.

https://blogs.oracle.com/javamagazine/post/core-java-12th-edition-horstmann?source=:em:nw:mt::::RC_WWMK200429P00043C0056:NSL400230298&elq_mid=222615&sh=161306072217121913081213312924132219&cmid=WWMK200429P00043C0056

This list was a great resource 20 years ago when I was learning Java. 
Not so much action on it now.

I do own a copy of Goetz's Java Concurrency in Practice and that book 
has been invaluable in learning how to program multi-threaded Java 
applications.

I have two (who knows why) first editions and one second of K&R. I've 
even been doing some C/C++ programming for work as of late.  I did a lot 
of C in the late 80's on OS/2.  Those were the days.

knute...

On 5/19/22 10:08, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> When I taught myself C I used the excellent Kernighan & Richie's "The C
> Programming Language"  - this was a few years after I started to program,
> so already knew Algol 60, COBOL and a couple of assemblers (ICL 1900's
> PLAN and MC6800). A year or two later I discovered Kernighan & Pike's "The
> Practice of Programming".IMO this is a book every new C programmer should
> have, and which I picked up a few more useful ideas from.
> 
> I also found "Informal introduction to Algol 68", by S. G. van der Meulen
> and C. H. Lindsey which was excellent - in fact thats the only book about
> a programming language I've seen with example code so good and so well
> described that it made me laugh. I used what I learned from it to write an
> improved version of the job accounting program used by ICL's George 3
> operating system in Algol 68R.
> 
> Another few years on and a group of us did a week-long Java 2 course,
> which gave us a start, but little more than that. So, I went looking for a
> Java book equivalent in quality to the K&R C book, but didn't find
> anything to match it. The best I managed to find was Ivor Horton's
> 'Beginning Java 2', which taught me pretty well what I needed to get up to
> speed in Java, but it didn't mention 'make' equivalents at all, but
> fortunately I managed to find 'ant', which so far has done everything I've
> needed it to do.
> 
> So, what's currently available for learning Java as a second or third
> programming language that are as good as the two C books I mentioned?
> 
> Finding anything as good as the Algol 68 book would be a huge bonus too.
> 
> 

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Are there any recommended Java books? Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2022-05-19 15:08 +0000
  Re: Are there any recommended Java books? Knute Johnson <knute2022@585ranch.com> - 2022-05-19 12:42 -0500
    Re: Are there any recommended Java books? Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2022-05-19 19:10 +0000
      Re: Are there any recommended Java books? Knute Johnson <knute2022@585ranch.com> - 2022-05-19 14:51 -0500
        Re: Are there any recommended Java books? Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2022-05-19 20:11 +0000
          Re: Are there any recommended Java books? Knute Johnson <knute2022@585ranch.com> - 2022-05-19 20:29 -0500
      Re: Are there any recommended Java books? "e.d.pro...@gmail.com" <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2022-05-19 13:03 -0700
  Re: Are there any recommended Java books? "e.d.pro...@gmail.com" <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2022-05-19 11:04 -0700
  Re: Are there any recommended Java books? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2022-05-19 19:43 -0400

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