Preface

We are glad to present our fourth textbook to readers. This is a textbook of a programming language called Java. In early days, Java was considered to be some sort of a tool for Internet programming. Now, it is slowly getting the status of a full-fledged programming language. In the early days of C language, we felt the need for a disciplined language. However, we could not convince our colleagues about it. Java language is now appreciated by everyone because it is highly disciplined and forces type checking. It does not allow goto command, and there is no arbitrary pointer arithmetic. Hence, in our opinion, it can become the first programming language to be introduced to students.

We have tried to structure the chapters in such a way ...

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