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Title: Java Language Reference (Java S.) by Mark Grand, Paula Ferguson ISBN: 1-56592-326-X Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $32.95

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Average Customer Rating: 2.25 (4 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: This one get's used daily.
Comment: I'm a little surprised by the other reviews. I have found over the last year this to be an authorative source for the Java Language Specification. I go to other books when I want to know about the various Java packages but this is the one I got to when I want to know about the Java langauge semantics and syntax.

Rating: 1
Summary: Don't buy it
Comment: This is the worst book on programming I've ever bought. Even though the author does tell the reader that this book isn't intended as a "teach yourself"-book one expects a book on programming to be somehow divided into well defined areas, each showing a part of the whole idea. This book switches from reference style to programming-by-example style all mixed up with a couple of bad flow charts. I regret buying it and advise others from doing it.

Rating: 2
Summary: Shy on the details
Comment: There are several places in the language description (for example, the rules on static method overriding and inner classes) where this book is either vague, misleading, or occasionally flat-out wrong. "Java Language Reference" might provide a nice introduction to the language's syntax, but it does not make a good Java language reference.