Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML??
On 7/25/2012 4:38 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
On Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:58:42 -0400, Arne Vajh?j <arne@vajhoej.dk>
wrote:
On 7/25/2012 1:10 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 20:20:04 -0400, Arne Vajh?j <arne@vajhoej.dk>
wrote:
[snip]
I think you should go for a book.
1 minute at Amazon found:
Java The Complete Reference / Herbert Schildt
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Yes - the author is the same author that can raise the
blood pressure by 40 in C feinschmeckers.
Which means I would skip it. It is useful for a reference book
to be accurate. Schildt's C books are not accurate.
No.
And if you want to discuss subtleties in the Java language with Lew,
then the book is not a good choice.
But for giving an overview of the most used packages/classes/methods
in the Java API it may be fine.
Or at least his C books are. The introduction to printf formats does
not become less useful by the fact that main is declared void in the
examples.
It does indicate sloppiness. According to those who know C,
there are lots, excuse me, *LOTS* of errors in his books. He
published the C standard annotated, and there were many errors in his
annotations.
Minor errors of omission because of simplification can be
acceptable, but flat-out errors are not.
There are hundreds of error.
But how many of those has practical impact for someone
that want to learn C? Not that many!
Presumably, there are other Java books.
Maybe.
Good technical books are hard to find.
The chance of finding an author that can write 100%
correct and still want to write 500+ pages about
something as trivial as an API are slim.
Arne
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