Watch out.. the HTML police are going to get you. My Java recommendations: - Learning Java (O'Reilly) - Java Examples in a nutshell (O'Reilly, covers old JDK but it's still great) Once you get those down: - Java, Mastering the JFC series from Sun Regards, Mike Cantrell On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Joel Dudley wrote: > I am currently teaching myself java and I was wondering if anyone had book reccomendations. Also, I was playing with C and C++ a bit and I was researching different compilers. Where can I find some good info on gcc and g++ and how they compare to other compilers. Sorry if my question is poorly stated, I am a programming newbie. Thanks. > > - Joel > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > "For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the > story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is > about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, > he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for > centuries." > > - Dr. Robert Jastrow > Founder of NASA"s Goddard Institute for space studies > > >