James Gosling
Bill Joy
Guy Steele
NOTE - This is the First Edition of the JLS.This document (particularly chapters 20-22) has not been updated to include changes to the specification for Java 1.1. For a list of changes, see Changes for Java 1.1, originally published as Appendix D from The Java Programming Language by Ken Arnold.
NOTE - For a list of clarifications and amendments see Clarifications and Amendments.
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