Well thats good news, I guess thats what I needed to know aswell. Seeing how the IT world in general has advanced exponentially in the last 8 years, you can understand why we would "expect" the changes in the VM to change dramatically too, which is why buying an 8 year old book initially doesnt seem like a good idea...
Bod, Yeah I did actually think of that, it would be a perfect way of getting to know the bytecode better. Thanks! On Oct 4, 9:51 am, robilad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The VM spec hasn't changed a whole lot in the past 8 years. > > On Oct 2, 5:53 pm, "Mark Volkmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Those books are both at least eight years old. Is there anything more > > up-to-date than those? > > > On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Casper Bang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I don't think you'll find a better intro to the internals than Bill > > > Winners "Inside the > > > JVM":http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Java-Virtual-Machine-Venners/dp/0071350934 > > > Either that or "Programming for the JVM": > > >http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Java-TM-Virtual-Machine/dp/02013097... > > > > Both are a bit dated, but cover all the basics of instructions, stack > > > frames etc. Some of the stuff are real eye openers, i.e. the > > > difference between a cast and a conversion, and how closely linked the > > > byte code and the (original) Java syntax really is. > > > > /Casper > > > > Kram wrote: > > >> Firstly I am relatively new to Java only been developing for 2 - 3 > > >> years, which I know isnt a noobie, but not yet seasoned. > > > >> I really enjoyed the latest episode a lot, Ive listened to it a few > > >> times now, and I find the lower level parts of the JVM and bytecode > > >> very interesting. > > > >> Although I didnt understand all of what was said on the posse ep, I > > >> would love to start on a educational journey to learn more about > > >> bytecode and the JVM. > > > >> I was wondering if anyone out there knows of some good, recent books > > >> that they could recommend? > > > >> Thanks! > > >> Mark > > > -- > > R. Mark Volkmann > > Object Computing, Inc. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
