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#32381: The paragraph at the bottom of page 19 that starts with 'The"blue pill"...' is missing a space between 'The' and '"blue'. Very minor.

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#30809: $groovy -version did not work (using version 1.5.4)
Had to use
$groovy -v
or
$groovy --version--Subhasish Mukherjee

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#30511: global warning should be global warming--Tim Orr

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#31921: java.io.tmp property doesn't exist. Should be java.io.tmpdir instead.--Leslie Johnson

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#30737: In Appending data to an existing file this code (before and after the append) println "${file.size()} lines" should be println "${fil...more...
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