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JB Nizet

Saint-Etienne, France

Age: 37

Java developer since 1997, and enthusiast scuba diver since 2001.

Proud co-founder of Ninja Squad.

Author of DbSetup and MemWords.

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safe publication and the advantage of being immutable vs. effectively immutable

java multithreading immutability asked Oct 25 '11 at 8:27

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