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2 FREE EBOOKS! JAVA 8 AND FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING!
Introducing Java 8
by Raoul-Gabriel Urma
Offers a practical tutorial to some of the core Java 8 features and gets you programming quickly with Java 8.http://www.oreilly.com/programming/free/introducing-java-8.csp
Object Oriented vs Functional Programming
by Richard Warburton
Explains the similarities and differences between functional programming and object oriented programming with Java focused examples. http://www.oreilly.com/programming/free/object-oriented-vs-function...
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