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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!ames!news.tulane.edu!ppp25.tcs.tulane.edu!user From: cvanbus@tcs.tulane.edu (Chris) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: a monthly FreeBSD magazine (and other *BSD's too) Date: 16 Dec 1995 17:08:44 GMT Organization: Tulane University Lines: 28 Message-ID: <cvanbus-1612951106480001@ppp25.tcs.tulane.edu> References: <4ajc07$sb7@unix2.glink.net.hk> <4am5uq$r24@agate.berkeley.edu> <4arhgi$f0c@felix.junction.net> <4as2e7$91r@cnn.Princeton.EDU> <4asrpo$85k@agate.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp25.tcs.tulane.edu Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.admin:36170 alt.os.linux:6513 alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions:5164 comp.os.linux.advocacy:30749 comp.os.linux.misc:76280 comp.os.linux.setup:32849 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10733 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:1597 In article <4asrpo$85k@agate.berkeley.edu>, nickkral@parker.EECS.Berkeley.EDU (Nick Kralevich) wrote: > Title: Java! > B&N abstract: Discover how to serve, configure, administer and support > Java on an Internet server with this detailed guide to > the cutting-edge languge. The enclosed CD-ROM contains > ready-to-use Java applets. > Pub price: $35.00 > B&N's price: $28.00 > > Title: Presenting Java > B&N abstract: This quick inroduction to Java's basic concepts and > technical details explains how to download, install, > and use the HotJava Web browser, and covers the language, > it's applets and object-orientated programming in general. > Pub price: $25.00 > B&N price: $20.00 <snip> I dont know about the first book, but "presenting java", gives more of a description on the language and its future. It spends only about 50 pages on source code. i give it a D-. There will be a couple of books out next year which will be better. I hope. -- Chris Van Buskirk cvanbus@tcs.tulane.edu