"Every programming language has its quirks. This lively book reveals oddities of the Java programming language through entertaining and thought-provoking programming puzzles." --Guy Steele, Sun Fellow and coauthor of The Java(t) Language Specification "I laughed, I cried, I threw up (my hands in a[...]
"I was fortunate indeed to have worked with a fantastic team on the design and implementation of the concurrency features added to the Java platform in Java 5.0 and Java 6. Now this same team provides the best explanation yet of these new features, and of concurrency in general. Concurrency is no lo[...]
Are you looking for a deeper understanding of the Java(t) programming language so that you can write code that is clearer, more correct, more robust, and more reusable? Look no further! Effective Java(t), Second Edition, brings together seventy-eight indispensable programmer's rules of thumb: workin[...]