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Re:Why I like Java by cowls on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @05:13AM (#7464706)
Seriously Clever for A 10 year old book on perl basics is probably pushing it.

No disrespect to the guy though I'm sure he is and general respect for publishing a book like that.

I guess just limited exposure to Java

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Re:Why I like Java by fuzzix on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @05:54AM (#7464834)
> Seriously Clever for A 10 year old book on perl basics is probably pushing it.

Why is the age of this book relevant? It's not an overview of the basics. it's a 500+ page exploration of Perl's functional programming features, a topic rarely (if ever) covered in this depth.

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Re:Why I like Java by swah on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @06:38AM (#7464967)
The other day I surprinsingly found more praise for HOP from a coder I admire: http://books.google.com.br/books?id=2kMIqdfyT8kC&pg=PT89&lpg...

Time to re-read it, because when I first read it, I had to skim some parts. Probably applies to Python.

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Re:Why I like Java by chromatic on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @10:04AM (#7465880)
That's like calling SICP a book on Scheme basics.
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