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Java for Absolute Beginners: Learn to Program the Fundamentals the Java 9+ Way
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Java for Absolute Beginners: Learn to Program the Fundamentals the Java 9+ Way

by Iuliana Cosmina
December 2018
Beginner
623 pages
13h 13m
English
Apress
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© Iuliana Cosmina 2018
Iuliana CosminaJava for Absolute Beginnershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3778-6_4

4. Java Syntax

Iuliana Cosmina1 
(1)
Edinburgh, UK
 

Languages are means of communication—verbal or written—between people. Whether they are natural or artificial, they are made of terms and have rules on how to use them to perform the task of communication. Programming languages are means of communicating with a computer. The communication with a computer is a written communication; basically, the developer defines some instructions to be executed, communicates them through an intermediary to the computer, and if the computer understands them, performs the set of actions, and depending on the application type, some sort of reply is returned ...

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