[3323] in java-interest
Re: questions galore
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Pat Niemeyer)
Tue Nov 7 19:35:52 1995
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 14:49:27 -0600 (CST)
From: Pat Niemeyer <pat@icon-stl.net>
To: Nick Hawkins <nhawkins@silver.ucs.indiana.edu>
cc: java-interest@java.sun.com
In-Reply-To: <199511070812.DAA13825@cayman.ucs.indiana.edu>
On Tue, 7 Nov 1995, Nick Hawkins wrote:
> 2) I'm thinking about picking up the book "Java!" by New Riders press, but
> I'm not really certain if I should. What will change by the time the final
> release comes out? I'm a broke college student, so I don't want to waste $30
> or $40 on a book that will become outdated. Does anyone have any advice on this?
>
_Java!_ is based on the alpha2 and alpha3 releases. It would be ok for
learning the basics of the language, but you will have to either buy another
book later (one based on at least the beta) or pick up the differences
yourself. The differences are fairly signifigant, so you might want to wait.
The best information currently comes from reading the material on line and
following the newsgroups and mailing lists.
Pat
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