High-Performance Java Platform Computing - Chapter 3

Java is, without a doubt, popular because of its extensive support for multithreading and networking. It is also among an elite group of languages that directly support concurrent and distributed computing right out of the box. Despite this support, Java is plagued by the same problems that have traditionally affected programmers who write concurrent programs. This chapter is dedicated to race conditions, which undoubtedly account for most of the problems that occur in concurrent programming. [via]

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