Thinking In Java 4th Edition.

Other books cover the WHAT of Java (describing the syntax and the libraries) or the HOW of

Java (practical programming examples). Thinking in Java is the only book I know that

explains the WHY of Java why it was designed the way it was, why it works the way it does,

why it sometimes doesn’t work, why it’s better than C++, why it’s not. Although it also does a

good job of teaching the what and how of the language, Thinking in Java is definitely the

thinking person’s choice in a Java book. Robert S. Stephenson-Thinking In Java 4th Edition.

Other books cover the WHAT of Java (describing the syntax and the libraries) or the HOW of

Java (practical programming examples). Thinking in Java is the only book I know that

explains the WHY of Java　why it was designed the way it was, why it works the way it does,

why it sometimes doesn’t work, why it’s better than C++, why it’s not. Although it also does a

good job of teaching the what and how of the language, Thinking in Java is definitely the

thinking person’s choice in a Java book. Robert S. Stephenson