Title: better books are out there for beginners
Review: For beginners, Core Java 2, volumes I and II, by Cay Horstmann and Gary Cornell are much better in my opinion. Almost a joy to read in comparison to this book, which is dry and boring. I had to use this book for a Java class and afterwards read the Horstmann and Cornell books and was amazed at how much better they are.This book ia useful if you need a reference and need to learn how the language handles some specific detail. Months after writing the above paragraph I went back and reread the chapter on exceptions and was surprised at how well it explained the details.
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