Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jim Janney Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Java 7 feature Q. Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:43:55 -0600 Organization: This header deliberately left blank Lines: 39 Message-ID: <2p8vqtqbfo.fsf@shell.xmission.com> References: <161b05bb-90e5-4a66-ac08-d2a79a3aaaaa@d25g2000yqh.googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="PF2DXJoCGeGUb03TdAwosA"; logging-data="30916"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/mwkmXFffUjJ9CuCcmcKcX" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:JIEQHDM2k7+KhMM/yvTv2NyYWbE= sha1:jsUCKf5oM4dFu7H8inr8T9nPkxc= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:7144 Dangling Pointer writes: > On Aug 13, 12:05 am, Lew wrote: >> "00101010" wrote: >> > Did they, like promised, add the waka waka shortcut for the instance >> > creation operator? >> >> Of which "they" do you speak?  There has never been a promise for Java to have a "waka waka" shortcut, whatever the heck that is, and Java doesn't have an instance creation operator. >> >> Could you please clarify your question? >> >> -- >> Lew > > Haven't you ever heard of waka waka bang splat tick tick hash? > > <> !*''# > ^"`$$- > !*=@$_ > %*<> ~#4 > &[]../ > |{,,SYSTEM HALTED > > Or if you prefer > > Waka waka bang splat tick tick hash, > Caret quote back-tick dollar dollar dash, > Bang splat equal at dollar under-score, > Percent splat waka waka tilde number four, > Ampersand bracket bracket dot dot slash, > Vertical-bar curly-bracket comma comma CRASH. > > So he means what I think the unimaginative Java drones at Oracle refer > to as the "diamond operator". I think. Up until today my education has been sadly deficient. Thanks! -- Jim Janney