• ▼MSDN Library - April 2000
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          • Copyright
          • Series Foreword
          • Preface
          • ▶1. Introduction
          • ▶2. Grammars
          • ▶3. Lexical Structure
          • ▶4. Types, Values, and Variables
          • ▶5. Conversions and Promotions
          • ▶6. Names
          • ▶7. Packages
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          • ▶11. Exceptions
          • ▶12. Execution
          • ▶13. Binary Compatibility
          • ▶14. Blocks and Statements
          • ▶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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