I have to say that I liked the book very much. It is not for beginners that
don't know programming already, but instead it is for those (especially C)
programmers that prefer that the new programming language be presented in a
more formal manner.
The book's style is academic and I would see it being used in a four-year
University college in a
Java class for students of Computer Science.
The review questions, which are dispersed over the chapters, are really good,
and the answers are very well explained in an appendix.
This is a book that goes way beyond of what is strictly necessary to pass the
Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform examination, which is
something I like. (I don't believe in 'bare minimums'.)
The few times that I had to e-mail the authors, their reply came promptly and
to the point, including code examples. This is not what you usually get with
other books. Some books don't even have an errata web page. This one, of
course, does, with credits to all who helped them.(Tony Alicea - Sherriff Oct 2000)
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