yes.  tho' last i saw was a ``Learn To Write A Java Book in 7 Days".
i think it was released just before ``Dummies for Dummies".
Charles and VN have better taste.

brucee

On Jan 17, 2008 7:29 PM, Charles Forsyth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > i did the java class loader for inferno.  it was a pointless
> > exercise, and i told them.  but then i quit.  somehow i was
>
> i'd better point out that Brucee's `them' was Lucent's Inferno Business Unit,
> not Vita Nuova.  they wasted a fair amount of time and money on it.
> we've got the results, including brucee's contributions, but to run any java
> on it (ignoring changes in JVM meanwhile) requires lots of surrounding 
> expensive
> sun proprietary software, which is why it was never included in a 
> distribution.
> since some of the more enthusiastic java puffers have themselves moved on,
> writing books such as ``Beyond Java'', probably there's no point in it now.
> i think it's the worst language i've ever used (and i've used RPG and FORTRAN 
> II).

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