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Patricia Shanahan
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I'm a retired programmer, computer architect, and long time contributor to USENET, especially comp.lang.java.programmer.

I'm now learning web application writing for fun, so I expect to need a lot of answers. I'll try to contribute as well.

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Replacing a HashSet Java member
Nov 19, 2012
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Why does the Java compiler not understand this variable is always initialized?
Nov 5, 2012
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Difference between int and double
May 9, 2014
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Is there any accuracy gain when casting to double and back when doing float division?
Feb 5, 2015
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Java Square Root Integer Operations Without Casting?
Mar 4, 2013
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Why do floating-point numbers have signed zeros?
Nov 24, 2012
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"Normalizing" BigDecimal's hash code: howto?
Jan 14, 2013
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What are the INFINITY constants in Java, really?
Nov 10, 2012
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How to implement depth first search for graph with a non-recursive approach
Feb 2, 2014
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Garbage Collector doesn't immediately collect finished thread
May 26, 2015
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Can anyone explain this Close Vote Review audit failure?
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Is 8:00 AM an unreasonable time to meet with my graduate students and post-doc?
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