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LightWorx Technology Consulting, Inc.
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Hugues Leroy // Irisa-Inria Rennes France, Head of Scientific Computing and Industrial Tranfert
OK, I’ve only read about 40 pages of Thinking in Java, but I’ve already found it to be the most clearly-written
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