ritten. It had a syntax that was more understandable to my Hypercard and AppleScript roots than C did. And I really didn't fancy the idea of having to learn two languages (C and Objective-C) before moving on to what I was really interested in.
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I spent a lot of time finding good references on Java. If you want to pursue this route I highly recommend Bruce Eckel's "Thinking In Java" Second Edition (<a href="http://www.bruceeckel.com/TIJ2/index.html">http://www.bruceeckel.com/TIJ2/index.html</a>)