From Java to C#: A Developers Guide

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First published in Great Britain in 2003

Pearson Education Ltd 2003

The right of Heng Ngee Mok to be identified as the Author of this Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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Mok,  Heng  Ngee.

   From  Java  to  C#:  a  developer's  guide  /  Heng  Ngee  Mok.

       p.  cm.

   Includes  bibliographical  references  and  index.

   ISBN  0-321-13622-5  (pbk.  :  alk.  paper)

       1.  Java  (Computer  program  language)  2.  C#  (Computer  program  language)  I.  Title.

 QA76.73.J38  M645  2003

 005.13'3--dc21

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Dedication

This book goes to my ever-caring Mum, and my darling Siew Leng.

Not forgetting our dear 'fighting hamsters' who accompanied me through the night while I was hacking away at the computer: Hammok, Hammie, Hamzel, and the late Hammy.