Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.java.help, comp.lang.java.gui,comp.answers,news.answers Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU Subject: Java Programmers FAQ Followup-To: poster Summary: This posting answers frequently-asked questions by Java programmers Supersedes: <7ha5k9$3ng$1@shell15.ba.best.com> Archive-name: computer-lang/java/programmers/faq Posting-Frequency: weekly Last-modified: 2001/02/27 URL: http://www.afu.com/javafaq.html
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The Java FAQs here are intended for people who already have some
programming experience, though maybe not in
the JavaTM programming language.
Go to the FAQ home page at http://www.afu.com for other Java technology information and downloads, and the most up-to-date copy of the FAQ. Report FAQ updates to faqidea at the address afu.com.
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I am maintaining a FAQ list to address specifically programming issues
(not a general tutorial on Java). Please mail suggested FAQ entries including
answer to faqidea on the site afu.com.
Question with answer gets you a credit in the FAQ.
Peter van der Linden, Sun Certified Java Programmer.