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Title: Confusing examples
Review: The subject is very interesting and the author definitely knows what he is talking about, but the book is hard to follow. I always liked books that have good examples, like books by Kernighan & Ritchie or Bruce Eckel. Meaningless examples is the biggest problem with this book. Although the author tried to stay brief and at the high level of abstraction, this should not have prevented him from trying to come up with some examples that illustrate the subject well and entertain the reader. Many examples in this book have bugs because they were never tested.Advice - wait till the Java patterns book by James W. Cooper becomes available at the stores, or download it from the Net.
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