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Title: Java Style NOT!!!
Review: When I first read this book it was hard to keep an open mind. The author constantly compares Java with Small Talk. Unfortunately in keeping an open mind I over looked the bad coding style. This could have been an excellent book for beginner programmers that wanted to write professional code. However, the author writes code in the style of C++ and Small Talk. The author's code should not be used as a template, which is what most beginner programmers will do. Another problem with this book is that the author has made assumptions that all the techniques he has learned from other languages will work the same way in Java. This is not the case. While this book does contain some valuable techniques, I believe that the poor coding style and the author's lack of understanding of Java will mislead beginner programmers. Therefore I can only rate this book 1 star.
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