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Title: Should be Java for C/C++ Programmers
Review: The title of this book should have been, "Java for C/C++ Programmers". It is mostly a comparison of C/C++ programming to Java, heavy on the C part. But that is not the only problem. The author's writing style is more aimed at puffing up his own image than simple exposition of the subject. On page 91 he states, "In 1993, I coined the term 'Bubbabyte' to describe 2^64 bytes. Just as 2^10 bytes is a kilobyte, [...] so 2^64 is a Bubbabyte." He should have coined the term 'BubbaBrain' to describe himself. A much better book is "Core Java, Vol 1", by Cay S. Horstmann, Gary Cornell.
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