Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.42!gegeweb.eu!nntpfeed.proxad.net!feeder1-1.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!74.125.46.80.MISMATCH!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: iteration blues Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 20:30:47 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 20 Message-ID: <33501329.39.1320463847669.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prms22> References: <9hhpttFi6sU1@mid.individual.net> <9866683.514.1320428761383.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@yqmj32> <9hj8t5FoulU1@mid.individual.net> Reply-To: comp.lang.java.programmer@googlegroups.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 173.164.137.213 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1320463848 25602 127.0.0.1 (5 Nov 2011 03:30:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 03:30:48 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <9hj8t5FoulU1@mid.individual.net> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=173.164.137.213; posting-account=CP-lKQoAAAAGtB5diOuGlDQk0jIwmH0T User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:9562 Robert Klemme wrote: > Lew wrote: > > All right, yeah, it *did* require that one be at least minimally > > familiar with 'java.util.Iterator' to understand exactly why "you > > will need the iterator", but every Java programmer from beginner > > onward surely is aware of 'Iterator#remove()', right? Surely no one > > calling themselves a Java programmer could be ignorant of such a > > basic, fundamental, early concept in Java? Could they? > > Well... Judging from my experience Iterator.remove() seems to be less > known than the other methods of that interface - although not as much as > methods (and even the existence) of ListIterator. :-) I would consider > this pretty basic knowledge as you did - probably in the same area as > the ternary operator - but empiricism often proves our assumptions > wrong. :-) Just because ignorance is widespread doesn't mean that it's excusable. It's basic knowledge whether people bothered to learn their craft or not. -- Lew