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<B>Hugues Leroy // Irisa-Inria Rennes France, Head of Scientific Computing and
Industrial Tranfert</B></FONT><BR></P></DIV>
<DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><P><FONT FACE="Georgia">OK, I&#8217;ve only read about 40
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<B>Dirk Duehr, Lexikon Verlag, Bertelsmann AG, Germany</B> </FONT><BR></P></DIV>
<DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><P><FONT FACE="Georgia">Thank you for writing two great
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immensely in my progression to object oriented programming. <B>Donald Lawson,
DCL Enterprises</B></FONT><BR></P></DIV>
<DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><P><FONT FACE="Georgia">Thank you for taking the time to
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Support</B></FONT><BR></P></DIV>
<DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><P><FONT FACE="Georgia">It&#8217;s the best Java book I
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PA</B></FONT><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><P><FONT FACE="Georgia"><I>Thinking in Java</I> is an
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Gorman, Department of Computer Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, New
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<DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><P><FONT FACE="Georgia">Thanks for the opportunity of
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Technologies</B></FONT><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><P><FONT FACE="Georgia">It truly is the best book
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<DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><P><FONT FACE="Georgia">The best book I have seen on Java!
<B>Rich Hoffarth, Senior Architect, West Group</B></FONT><BR></P></DIV>
<DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><P><FONT FACE="Georgia">Thank you for a wonderful book.
I&#8217;m having a lot of fun going through the chapters. <B>Fred Trimble,
Actium Corporation</B></FONT><BR></P></DIV>
<DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><P><FONT FACE="Georgia">You have mastered the art of slowly
and successfully making us grasp the details. You make learning VERY easy and