166 color photos, 16 color plates The first use of the U.S. Army half-track in their intended role as infantry vehicles came during Operation Torch in November 1942. Since then, the half-tracks were used in all theaters of operations, from North Afri...

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When it comes to big data processing, we can no longer ignore concurrency or try to add it in after the fact. Fortunately, the solution is not a new paradigm of development, but rather an old one. With this hands-on guide, Java and Scala developers w...