On Sep 17, 2009, at 3:44 PM, Daniel wrote:

>> As for first books on Java, .... Look for Bruce Eckel's "Thinking in
>> Java" [...]
>
> [...] If you want an intro to Java that
> is not dry and treats you as a reasonably intelligent being, try
> 'Thinking in Java'.

I would also recommend this book.  I choose this book for a Java  
course  I was teaching because it was one of the few books at that  
time that wasn't stuffed with "Blatant Java Propaganda(tm)", but took  
an honest look at the positives and negatives of the language.

-- 
-- Jim Weirich
-- jim.weir...@gmail.com


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