Bruce Eckel (born July 8, 1957) is a computer programmer, author and consultant. His best known works are Thinking in Java and Thinking in C++, aimed at programmers wanting to learn the Java or C++ programming languages, particularly those with little experience of object-oriented programming. Eckel was a founding member of the ANSI/ISO C++ standard committee. Views on computing In 2011, Eckel wrote about the Go programming language, stating: Bibliography Computer Interfacing with Pascal & C, Bruce Eckel. Eisys 1988, . Using C++, Bruce Eckel. Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1989, . C++ Inside & Out, Bruce Eckel. Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1993, . Blackbelt C++: The Masters Collection, Edited by Bruce Eckel. M&T/Holt 1994, . Thinking in C++: Introduction to Standard C++, Volume One (2nd Edition), Bruce Eckel. Prentice-Hall PTR 2000, . Available for free download Thinking in C++, Vol. 2: Practical Programming, 2nd Edition, Bruce Eckel and Chuck Allison. Prentice-Hall PTR, 2003. . Available for free download Thinking in Java, 4th Edition, Bruce Eckel. Prentice-Hall PTR, 2006. . "First Steps in Flex", Bruce Eckel and James Ward. MindView, Inc., 2008. . "Atomic Scala", Bruce Eckel and Dianne Marsh. Mindview, LLC, 2013. . "On Java 8", Bruce Eckel, MindView LLC, 2017. . "Atomic Kotlin", Bruce Eckel & Svetlana Isakova, MindView LLC, 2021. . Further reading Interview with Bruce Eckel by Clay Shannon References External links Eckel's website List of other interviews with him Latest news on upcoming book Atomic Kotlin - Eckel on building corporate cultures that increase employee happiness and thus employee productivity, O'Reilly Open Source Convention, 2013 People in information technology American technology writers 1957 births Living people