This is true. The VM spec really hasn't changed much. Java 7 may bring the first new changes in a while. The VM itself has changed dramatically, of course, but it's all under the hood optimizations. The spec itself was designed to remain unchanged for a long time.
- J On Oct 5, 2008, at 10:28 PM, Kram wrote: > > Well thats good news, I guess thats what I needed to know aswell. > > Seeing how the IT world in general has advanced exponentially in the > last 8 years, you can understand why we would "expect" the changes in > the VM to change dramatically too, which is why buying an 8 year old > book initially doesnt seem like a good idea... > > Bod, > Yeah I did actually think of that, it would be a perfect way of > getting to know the bytecode better. Thanks! > > On Oct 4, 9:51 am, robilad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The VM spec hasn't changed a whole lot in the past 8 years. >> >> On Oct 2, 5:53 pm, "Mark Volkmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Those books are both at least eight years old. Is there anything >>> more >>> up-to-date than those? >> >>> On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Casper Bang >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>> I don't think you'll find a better intro to the internals than Bill >>>> Winners "Inside the >>>> JVM":http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Java-Virtual-Machine-Venners/dp/0071350934 >>>> Either that or "Programming for the JVM": >>>> http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Java-TM-Virtual-Machine/dp/02013097 >>>> ... >> >>>> Both are a bit dated, but cover all the basics of instructions, >>>> stack >>>> frames etc. Some of the stuff are real eye openers, i.e. the >>>> difference between a cast and a conversion, and how closely >>>> linked the >>>> byte code and the (original) Java syntax really is. >> >>>> /Casper >> >>>> Kram wrote: >>>>> Firstly I am relatively new to Java only been developing for 2 - 3 >>>>> years, which I know isnt a noobie, but not yet seasoned. >> >>>>> I really enjoyed the latest episode a lot, Ive listened to it a >>>>> few >>>>> times now, and I find the lower level parts of the JVM and >>>>> bytecode >>>>> very interesting. >> >>>>> Although I didnt understand all of what was said on the posse >>>>> ep, I >>>>> would love to start on a educational journey to learn more about >>>>> bytecode and the JVM. >> >>>>> I was wondering if anyone out there knows of some good, recent >>>>> books >>>>> that they could recommend? >> >>>>> Thanks! >>>>> Mark >> >>> -- >>> R. Mark Volkmann >>> Object Computing, Inc. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
