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The SEI Series in Software Engineering

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Long, Fred, 1947-
    Java coding guidelines : 75 recommendations for reliable and secure programs / Fred Long, Dhruv Mohindra,
Robert C. Seacord, Dean F. Sutherland, David Svoboda.
       pages  cm.—(The SEI series in software engineering)
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    ISBN 978-0-321-93315-7 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Java (Computer program language) 2. Computer programming. I. Title.
QA76.73.J38L66 2014
005.2’762—dc23
                                                                                                                                             2013021384

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ISBN-13: 978-0-321-93315-7
ISBN-10:        0-321-93315-X
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