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Title: Boring and abstract examples...
Review: The book looks good but it is clear that the author is not a Java programmer but rather just an academic. What I mean by that statement is that he presents JAVA as you would expect to view in a lab. So we have lots of mathematical equations to illustrate concepts instead some 'real world' examples. This may not sound too bad, and I guess it isn't if you are interested in learning Java to teach it, or if you are already well versed in OO concepts but if you want to learn the real world use of JAVA avoid this book or wait until Ivor actually uses JAVA to write a commercial appication for a client! The book reeks of soemone who never actually used the language in real work.Stefan
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