Bruce Eckel (born ) is a

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, author, and consultant. Eckel's best known works are ''Thinking in Java'' and the two-volume series ''Thinking in C++'', aimed at programmers wanting to learn the

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programming languages, respectively, particularly those with little experience of

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. Eckel was a founding member of the

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committee.

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In 2011, Eckel extolled the virtues of the

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as a natural successor to C++:

References

Bibliography

* ''Computer Interfacing with Pascal & C'', Bruce Eckel. Eisys 1988, . * ''Using C++'', Bruce Eckel. Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1989, . * ''C++ Inside & Out'', Bruce Eckel. Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1993, . * ''Blackbelt C++: The Masters Collection'', Edited by Bruce Eckel. M&T/Holt 1994, . * ''Thinking in C++: Introduction to Standard C++, Volume One (2nd Edition)'', Bruce Eckel. Prentice-Hall PTR 2000, . Available for free download mindview LLC. - Books Download Sites
/ref> * ''Thinking in C++, Vol. 2: Practical Programming, 2nd Edition'', Bruce Eckel and Chuck Allison. Prentice-Hall PTR, 2003. . Available for free download * '' Thinking in Java, 4th Edition'', Bruce Eckel. Prentice-Hall PTR, 2006. . * "First Steps in Flex", Bruce Eckel and James Ward. MindView, Inc., 2008. . * "Atomic Scala", Bruce Eckel and Dianne Marsh. Mindview, LLC, 2013. . * "On Java 8", Bruce Eckel, MindView LLC, 2017. . * "Atomic Kotlin", Bruce Eckel & Svetlana Isakova, MindView LLC, 2021. .

External links

Computing Thoughts
Eckel's blog
Interview with Bruce Eckel by Clay Shannon

List of other interviews with him

Latest news on upcoming book Atomic Kotlin

MindView
- Eckel's company * - Eckel on building corporate cultures that increase employee happiness and thus employee productivity,

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