1.6 Conclusion

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1.6 Conclusion

The purpose of this book is to help programmers, particularly students, understand how to apply components in programs and the special issues that are involved in writing programs for concurrent environments. To accomplish this, this chapter has provided a definition of a concurrent program that will be used as a basis for the rest of the book. It has also given a basic definition of a component that will be expanded in the rest of the book. It is hoped that this book will help the reader understand how to apply components to problems where they are needed, thus adding another tool to their toolbox of ways to solve problems.

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