Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!86597e80!not-for-mail From: "Lew" Subject: Re: Instant Chat System f Message-ID: <0P2dnbZ2a4dyfpjVnZ2dnUVZ_qainZ2d@comcast.com> X-Comment-To: comp.lang.java.gui Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.gui In-Reply-To: <4805b7b3$0$26088$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk> References: <4805b7b3$0$26088$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92] Lines: 29 Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:44:36 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 96.60.20.240 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1303919076 96.60.20.240 (Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:44:36 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:44:36 CDT Organization: TDS.net Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.gui:3393 To: comp.lang.java.gui RedGrittyBrick wrote: > Lew wrote: >> RedGrittyBrick wrote: >>> The method is Thread() and the procedure to create 1000 of them is >> >> That's not a method, that's a constructor. >> > > Poetic license. In that sense, yes, you are correct. After all, constructors are very method-like. In some ways. Overrides, said my instructor, are dangerous in a constructor, if you call on the one before the other is done, you just might find that it f**ked 'er. I had my poetic license revoked. -- Lew --- * Synchronet * The Whitehouse BBS --- whitehouse.hulds.com --- check it out free usenet! --- Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24