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\begin{table*}[t]
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\textbf{Category} & \textbf{Lint Alerts} & \textbf{C++ (clang-tidy)} & \textbf{Python (Pylint)} & \textbf{Java (PMD)} \\
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Error-prone & 18,434  & \texttt{bugprone-*}    & \texttt{error}      & \texttt{Error Prone}, \texttt{Security} \\
Performance & 17,776  & \texttt{performance-*} & \texttt{performance}& \texttt{Performance}, \texttt{Multithreading} \\
Refactor    & 17,977  & \texttt{modernize-*}   & \texttt{refactor}   & \texttt{Design} \\
Style       & 115,458 & \texttt{readability-*} & \texttt{convention} & \texttt{Code Style}, \texttt{Best Practices} \\
Other       & 2,017   & \texttt{other}         & \texttt{other}      & \texttt{other} \\
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\caption{Cross-language taxonomy of lint alert categories in LintEval. Counts show the number of alerts in each diagnostic category. Representative rule families illustrate how each category maps to language-specific linter conventions.}
\label{tab:cross_language_mapping}
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