The two books the OP used as examples were written by the authors of
the respective languages. They are both directed toward professional
programmers. By this measure Gosling et. al. The Java Programming
Language should be included in this discussion. It may not be the best
tool for learning the
I have a C and C++ background and i'm looking for THE java book, like the
C Programming Language, best know as KR, for C and the C++ Programming
Language by Bjarne Stroustrup for C++.
I have always liked the Core Java books (two volumes) by Horstmann and
Cornell. now in their eighth edition.
C++ by Stroustroup is one of the best books in languages that I have
read (especially the ARM book).
On Java I still prefer the simplicity of the first edition by the
creator of Java. to the point. brief. clear and concise.
The more recent topics you can probably learn from on line sources
such
Thanks for the response..
I've already ordered the Effective Java, will take a look now in
pricing of the others..
Thanks again, and have a great weekend.
Lúcio Maciel
luci...@gmail.com
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 17:07, fadden fad...@android.com wrote:
On Jun 8, 6:55 am, luciofm
Overall, I'd have to say that Java is a much easier language to program in
than C++.
It's probably not a good idea long term, but I found that most of it I could
figure out just by following my nose. If you know C++, I'd say that you
should just start to look at Java code, and see how it fits
All the books 'fadden' recommends are quite good. Eckel even makes
earlier editions of his book available for free online.
But there is one more book that I think seriously deserves mention
here, even though none of these is a Java equivalent for KR (there
isn't one): that is O'Reilly Press's
On Jun 8, 6:55 am, luciofm luci...@gmail.com wrote:
I have a C and C++ background and i'm looking for THE java book, like the
C Programming Language, best know as KR, for C and the C++ Programming
Language by Bjarne Stroustrup for C++.
If you're looking for reference material, _The Java
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