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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Engel, Joshua, 1970-

Programming for the Java virtual machine / Joshua Engel.

p. cm.

q.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 0-201-30972-6 (alk. paper)

1. Java (Computer program language) 2. Java virtual machine. I. Title.

QA76.73.J38E543 1999

005.6 dc21 99-22853

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Copyright © 1999 by Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.

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Second printing, December 1999

Dedication

To Chris, who helped me think

And to Jennifer, my love