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Google Tech Talks
July 23, 2007

ABSTRACT

Java Puzzlers, Episode VI: The Phantom-Reference Menace/Attack of the Clone/Revenge of the Shift.
Josh Bloch and special guest star Bill Pugh present yet another installment in the continuing saga of Java Puzzlers, consisting of eight more programming puzzles for your entertainment and enlightenment. The game show format keeps you on your toes while the puzzles teach you about the subtleties of the Java programming language and its core libraries. Anyone with a working knowledge of the language will be able to understand the puzzles, but even the most seasoned veterans will be challenged. The lessons you take from this session are directly applicable to...

Channel: Howto & Style
Uploaded: October 8, 2007 at 9:06 pm
Author: googletechtalks

Length: 01:13:53
Rating: 4.82
Views: 43170

Tags: google howto advanced topics programming

Video Comments:
0x7F800000 (December 30, 2008 at 9:21 pm)
damn good question... "why don't we redisign the API?"
ah yeah, backward-compatibility. this seems to be a really awesome reason to dig the own grave. :(
never mind, i still like java... ),;

ah, of course the video is excellent: all this things make me sad, but to create good api's, you must think about such things! Learning from errors is good, learning from errors of others is better :)
MargusMartsepp (November 7, 2008 at 6:09 pm)
Totally worth to watch at least 1 time. I must say, I enjoyed watching it :D
rhillner (October 31, 2008 at 7:16 am)
lol :P
dosattack777 (October 25, 2008 at 2:17 am)
lol howd they get an hour
csoriented (October 22, 2008 at 5:07 am)
java is for retards.

c/c++ is the real programming language.
rhillner (October 29, 2008 at 8:21 am)
nah c++ sucks at making GUI apps
csoriented (October 30, 2008 at 7:17 pm)
only for new people.
kypronite (October 5, 2008 at 8:56 am)
too easy and too obvious.
a1mint (November 18, 2008 at 3:39 pm)
Nope! I bet you thought the initial answer was 1 while it in fact was 100.
kypronite (November 21, 2008 at 10:48 pm)
hehe,yeah you are correct...I'm just posting this comment for some kicks...
:p