Java Language Specification

I found some interesting blogs today and one of them led me to discover the Java Language Specification. I am very interested in reading about API development. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed reading this specification. It reveals many insights into whys and hows for creating Java. I quote from the introduction, “It is intended to be a production language, not a research language, and so, as C. A. R.
Hoare suggested in his classic paper on language design, the design has avoided including new and untested features.” The book was available for download as a pdf and contains 684 pages.