The Java Language Specification

by James Gosling, Bill Joy (Contributor), Guy L. Steele Jr. (Contributor)

Written by the inventors of the language, this book provides the mostauthoritative technical reference for all serious programmers seeking to sharpenand hone their Java programming skills. As the definitive reference book, itprovides programmers with complete, precise, and detailed coverage of theentire Java programming language and defines the current state and evolutionof the language. Java 1.5 aka "Tiger"( and soon to be Java 5.0) will be releasedin the fall of 2004, and this reference supplies coverage on the most recentupdates to the Java language including generics, a tool developers have beenasking to be included in the language for years.

Genres: Programming, Computers, Software, Reference, Technical, Technology, Computer Science

684 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Peter Sichevsky · Rating 5 out of 5]

Must-read for every dev.

[The Viet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Java is one of the greatest language. The specification is actually hard to understand, yet I am excited to read it over-and-over. Each times, I understand it a little better. I should re-read it specification more often.

[Zarina · Rating 2 out of 5]

cried the whole time.

[Laurent]

Everything leads back to this... A little dry, but the source of all the details the other books are filled with.

[Sagar Likhar]

this good for beginerr

[Enrique M. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitivamente la alegría no se encuentra,ni se encontrará en este libro.

[Marko]

I have the german edition.