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        • Series Foreword
        • Preface
        • ▶1. Introduction
        • ▶2. Grammars
        • ▶3. Lexical Structure
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        • ▶15. Expressions
        • ▶16. Definite Assignment
        • ▼17. Threads and Locks
          • 17.1 Terminology and Framework
          • 17.2 Execution Order
          • 17.3 Rules about Variables
          • 17.4 Nonatomic Treatment of double and long Variables
          • 17.5 Rules about Locks
          • 17.6 Rules about the Interaction of Locks and Variables
          • 17.7 Rules for Volatile Variables
          • 17.8 Prescient Store Actions
          • 17.9 Discussion
          • 17.10 Example: Possible Swap
          • 17.11 Example: Out-of-Order Writes
          • 17.12 Threads
          • 17.13 Locks and Synchronization
          • 17.14 Wait Sets and Notification
        • ▶18. Documentation Comments
        • ▶19. LALR(1) Grammar
        • ▶20. The Package java.lang
        • ▶21. The Package java.util
        • ▶22. The Package java.io
        • Changes for Java 1.1
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