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Article: The Java Programming Language.
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- Technical Communication
- Article date:
- August 1, 2000
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Ken Arnold and James Gosling. 1998. 2nd ed, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. [ISBN 0-201-31006-6. 464 pages, including index. $37.95 (softcover).]
As more technical communicators settle into documenting the inner workings of systems and related programming outputs, publications like The Java programming language are settling into places of honor on writers' bookshelves.
The preface claims that the book's intended audience possesses basic coding knowledge. However, italicized text throughout the book explains basic programming concepts such as inheritance, declaration, and documentation comments. In addition, the book defines ...