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First, a big thanks to Josh Bloch for being here to promote the book Effective Java (3rd Edition).

The winners are:

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  • Please send your snail mail address to bookpromotion AT javaranch DOT com. To ensure the quickest response, please provide the following:

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    Book Promo Winner - Effective Java (3rd Edition) - Tuesday, Apr 3rd, 2018


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    As noted in the Book Promotion Eligibility Requirements and Legal type stuff, the winners have 8 days to submit their information. Within 3 days of receipt of your email, we will reply to let you know we got it. If you don't hear back, the goat might have eaten your email. Please let us know by posting in the Ranch Office so we can check on it. Once you have received your copy please let us know by editing the Book Promotions Winners Page and updating the 'Status' column to say you have it.

    Thanks and congrats to all the winners.
     
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    Congratulations all four of you
     
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    Since I already have a copy, I'd like to pass my copy over to the next candidate.
     
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    And the next candidate is Junilu Lacar. Congrats!
     
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    Woohoo! Looking forward to it. Thanks guys!

    And a great thank you to Josh for coming over and answering our questions.
     
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    I think this may have been our most popular book promo ever!
     
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    Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to everyone for participating. I know that I still owe you a few answers, which I'll attend to shortly.
     
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    Well, that's a pleasant surprise.

    Thanks, Josh, for hanging out with us this week and answering questions. I look forward to getting as much out my copy of your new book as I did the previous two editions.
     
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    Let me leave you all with a little puzzle: there are two changes to the cover picture that relate directly to the new material. Can you find them?

     
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    Joshua Bloch wrote:Let me leave you all with a little puzzle: there are two changes to the cover picture that relate directly to the new material. Can you find them?


    Oh great, a puzzle... Just what I need right now.

    The Tax Man cometh and he's got a hard deadline. Now I have to choose between getting my taxes done or figuring out what the changes to the cover picture relate to. I looked at the cover on my copy of the 2nd edition and see that there are a few things that were taken away and a couple of things that were added: I'm not quite sure what they are but it looks like a flashlight and a multi-tester. Hmmm... this is going to bug me all weekend  
     
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    Ooh ooh ... I see it I see it.

    Streams


    and Lambdas
     
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    Ah! That makes a lot of sense, Tim. Thanks for that because I never would have made the connections. I was keyed in on the things that were taken away, like the vise and a couple of other things. And I was coming at it from a much more abstract, analogy-driven way of looking at the changes, totally missing the shape of the tool and focusing on what that tool might actually be and what it represented in Java. Of course, it's about lambda expressions! I don't think I would have ever seen the stream connection.

    Now I can focus on getting my taxes done.
     
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    Congrats to the winners and thanks Josh for hanging out here!
     
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    Well done, Tim! By the way, the lambda-shaped tool is a bevel:

     
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    Tim Cooke wrote:Ooh ooh ... I see it I see it.



    I was looking for a jigsaw among the tools, but I couldn't find one.
     
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    Congratulations to all winners.

    Joshua Bloch wrote:Let me leave you all with a little puzzle


    Intro to new Java Puzzlers..., no pressure
     
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    Congratulations to All Winners.. I am so jealous !
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