Inside the Java Virtual Machine [With CDROM]

This book gets a little wordy at times leaving me to think that it could have been a little shorter and still have gotten the job done. However, this is the best and most complete book on the Java Virtual Machine that I have seen. It does a good job at explaining the concepts. A must have if you're planning to write your own virtual machine, or if you are just interested in how it works.

As a developer, I have learned a lot about the use of Java language by understanding what happens behind the scenes. The book is a pleasure to read. It is well written, and organized in a manner that facilitates easy access.

This is the best book one can find if one has to understand thoroughly about the Java architecture and its internals.If one goes through this book,the development in Java would be much more efficient and productive and even provide you with solutions which you thought were not possible before through Java(If you have read those run of the mill books in the market on Java programming).Though the book is really indepth I would recommed that one should read atleast the first 9 chapters of this book,especially the chapter on "The lifetime of a Class" and this is some information you will not find anywhere.It also helps in debugging Java programs as it provides you with instruction sets.

This book gives a great detailed description on the JVM. Mr Venners provided a very easy to read book on the supposed difficult topic without sacrificing any technically accuracy. Just wishes every technical books could be written like this one! This book would be perfect if the author gave a case study on an existing Java VM.