Dive Into Java?

[jmdeschamps at gmail.com]

erikcw wrote:
> DiveIntoPython.org was the first book I read on python, and I really
> got a lot out of it.  I need to start learning Java (to maintain a
> project I've inherited), and was wondering if anyone knew of any
> similar books for Java?
>
> Maybe once I know my way around the language, I can sneak Jython in...
> :-)
>
> Thanks!
> Erik
Not exactly Dive into Java, but one amongst very great book on
programming (and the one that pointed me to Python :-)) , really! )
-  *Just Java* by Peter van der Linden, really great book! and fun to
read, and bright, and this (apocryphical) citation (i don't have the
book under hand just now, being on vacation ;-)): *...to the question
'Should I learn Java, C++, Perl?'  (the answer is) 'Yes!' ...*
and Python was included among several other OpenSource stuff on the CD.

Jean-Marc