lopment enviroment, threads are objects that
derive from java.lang's Thread class. The Thread class defines
and implements Java threads. You can subclass the Thread class
to provide your own thread implementations or you can use
the Runnable interface.

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<a href=http://java.sun.com/JDK-1.0/api/java.lang.Runnable.html><strong>java.lang.Runnable</strong></a>
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The Java lang