[REBOL] Re: oss revisited (briefly!)
From: joel:neely:fedex at: 13-Feb-2004 9:40
Hi, Karl,
Karl Robillard wrote:
> I'm not a Java expert, but I assume that there is a formal specification for
> Java and that there are many implementations (Sun, IBM, Blackdown?). That
> may explain why people would be comfortable adopting Java but not REBOL.
>
The authoritative page is http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/
The Java Language Specification, Second Edition - Written by the
inventors of the technology, this book is the definitive technical
reference for the Java programming language. If you want to know
the precise meaning of the language's constructs, this is the source
for you.
The book provides complete, accurate, and detailed coverage of the
syntax and semantics of the Java programming language. It describes
all aspects of the language, including the semantics of all types,
statements, and expressions, as well as threads and binary
compatibility.
The entire spec is available on-line in HTML, downloadable in HTML
and PDF (both ZIPped), and orderable in dead-tree form.
Having a definitive specification makes it possible to learn more
efficiently then trial-and-error or ask-somebody-when-stumped, and
also makes it possible to distinguish implementation defects (bugs)
from cases of I-didn't-understand-that-feature.
-jn-
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