Bjoern Schliessmann wrote: > erikcw wrote: > >> DiveIntoPython.org was the first book I read on python, and I >> really >> got a lot out of it. I need to start learning Java (to maintain a >> project I've inherited), and was wondering if anyone knew of any >> similar books for Java? > > Perhaps a bit of a rant, but learn Python and C++, take the worst of > both, make it a language and you have Java ... ;)
While I do not love java, this is one of the dumbest statements for a while in this NG - even though it is not meant to be too serious. C++ has a lot of wicked, complicated features like overloadable assignment statements and so on, misses GC, and is in general semantically very overloaded. All that make programming it a real PITA, as you permanently are at risk loosing your feet through self-inflicted gun-shot-wounds. While Java is a language that makes it difficult to produce nice or beautiful code, it certainly is a language that hinders you to shoot in your own foot really badly. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list