I had diametrically opposite experience: I read Java Language Specification and Java Virtual Machine Specification back in 1996 - after many years of programmin

I had diametrically opposite experience: I read Java Language Specification and Java Virtual Machine Specification back in 1996 - after many years of programming in (pure object-oriented, dynamically typed, invented by Alan Kay) Smalltalk. These two specs changed my course in IT forever... After more than 22 years later I have no regret reading it...