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- How did you hear about Codetown?
- Ed Burns referred me to the site.
- What are your main interests in software development?
- I work on the HotSpot JVM at Oracle.
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Created by Michael Levin Dec 18, 2008 at 6:56pm. Last updated by Michael Levin May 4, 2018.
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Hi Dan! Welcome to Codetown. Hope you can do the presentation on 1/25. I'm at 321-252-9322. All the best, Mike