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#31635: In comparing Java code to Groovy you use the evocative example of the sword-fight scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark. However your reference ...more...
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#31961: "leads to a problems" should read, "leads to problems"

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#31724: "Generics.java:10: cannot find symbol" needs to be "Generics.java:11: cannot find symbol" since line 11 is passing a String to the List.
--Fabian Topfstedt

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#31662: Section 4.4: They allow us to agree upon a certain expectations to be fulfilled. should read They allow us to agree upon certain expecta...more...
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#31499: Missing: fix reference to figure here--David Potts

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#31676: The page ends with

...elegant cousin of '\\d*\\w*"

That should be

...elegant cousin of '\\d*\\w*'

--Srivaths Sankaran

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#32015: The code: langs = ['C++' : 'Stroustrup' , 'Java' : 'Gosling' , 'Lisp' : 'McCarthy' ] xmlDocument = new groovy.xml.StreamingMarkupBuilder().b...more...
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#31500: Missing: Please make the sect2’s in this chapter appear in table of contents—I don’t know how to do that, but I think these section titles ar...more...
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#31520: Integer.metaClass.static.isEven should be
Integer.metaClass.'static'.isEven--Tim Orr

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#31521: System.out.println at bottom of page where the more consistent println could be used

same issue pages 216-221--Tim Orr

B2.0
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#31501: Missing: fix the following xref--David Potts

B2.0
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#31502: Missing: fix the following xref--David Potts

B2.0