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The Java IAQ: Infrequently Answered Questions
http://www.norvig.com/java-iaq.html
In The Java IAQ, Peter Norvig discusses a number of subtle issues in Java.
For those of you coming from a C++ background,
this may answer some of your "Why doesn't Java do X?" questions.
The information covered here contains both topics
for Java newbies as well as experts.
The two issues I would raise with this reading are:
- As Norvig admits, his profiling data was taken in 1998,
and Java has improved considerably since that time,
so you may want to recalculate these numbers for yourself.
- Effective Java
should be listed among the Java books that Norvig lists as Excellent.
Moreover, the books that Norvig currently lists as Excellent are being
sold for less than a dollar on Amazon whereas the lowest price you can
find there for Effective Java is still $20.
For those of you interested in other programming languages, note that
Norvig also has a Python IAQ
as well as some general essays on Lisp, Scheme, Python, and Java
that are linked from his home page.
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