Talk:The Way of the Java

Added a verbatin copy of the document as published in http://allendowney.com/cs230spring02/code/hw09/text.txt, please see if the new GNU Free Document Licence is compatible with the active licence used in Wikibooks --Panic 00:35, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)


 * Not only that, but the page itself is way too long, I think it needs to be broken up into chapters etc. Anyone up for the job? Lynx7725 05:31, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * I just spliced away half this book into mere bucket-sized chunks(was 374ish KB, now 189 KB). Will do the rest. &mdash;Snargle 19:31, 19 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Is done :) &mdash;Snargle 19:50, 19 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Humm I think all books should have a monolithic version for easy print & portability... see Programming:C_-/-_-/- --Panic 05:52, 6 September 2005 (UTC)


 * I think it should be merged with Programming:Java instead. This book is basically a dump of a GFDL Java textbook.  This also happens to be at least 20x larger. &mdash;Snargle 18:27, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Java is not a language?
The cleanup tag here says: "Java is not a language, its a vm and this entire thing is on how to use it." Java says java is both, so I removed the tag. Snargle 23:01, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Add Java to the title
Because this is a book about Java, I think it might be better to add Java to the title. (Rename to Java - The Way of the Program) or you could give it a funky name like The Way of the Java.

Markhobley (discuss • contribs) 03:42, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

I find this situation humorous.

The first public version of this book *did* have Java in its title -- back when it was "Think Java: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist" by Allen B. Downey. (Including "Chapter 1 The way of the program"  ). Later, some people claimed this book "isn't really about Java" -- see Talk:Java Programming. Apparently someone who agreed with them took "Java" out of the title of this book (apparently before it showed up at Wikibooks). Now the well-meaning Markhobley wants to put "Java" back in the title.

What do you think about restoring the original title, "Think Java: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist" ? --DavidCary (discuss • contribs) 19:35, 2 August 2012 (UTC)