X-Received: by 10.224.189.78 with SMTP id dd14mr13987924qab.0.1360099861082; Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:31:01 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.49.4.231 with SMTP id n7mr2261617qen.34.1360099861039; Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:31:01 -0800 (PST) Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!p13no13663569qai.0!news-out.google.com!k2ni8440qap.0!nntp.google.com!p13no13663568qai.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 13:31:00 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <050220131320376388%jimsgibson@gmail.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=69.28.149.29; posting-account=CP-lKQoAAAAGtB5diOuGlDQk0jIwmH0T NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.28.149.29 References: <7fssg8dakvofmv6pk3sfvp5jmaku55vgmm@4ax.com> <510ea8de$0$284$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <510fa7c1$0$6978$e4fe514c@news2.news.xs4all.nl> <0453206c-7053-4cf0-8ab2-b6c5e817a69a@googlegroups.com> <5110250b$0$6843$e4fe514c@news2.news.xs4all.nl> <51103acc$0$6914$e4fe514c@news2.news.xs4all.nl> <5110cbc0$0$6855$e4fe514c@news2.news.xs4all.nl> <050220131320376388%jimsgibson@gmail.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <9c2923b6-86ad-4df0-bcc4-73e744809ed8@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: refactoring problem From: Lew Injection-Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:31:01 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:22129 Jim Gibson wrote: > Lew wrote: >> "Preference" != "taste". > > You are splitting hairs. Not at all. > From my online dictionary (copyright, Apple, Inc.): > taste: > "a person's tendency to like and dislike certain things" > > preference: > "a greater liking for one alternative over another or others" I meant "preference" in the sense of "showing a greater cost-benefit ratio on the basis of evidence than other alternatives", not "touchy-feely random psychological bias". You're the one splitting hairs. My point is that it isn't a matter of esthetics, as "taste" is usually understood to denote, but of rational assessment of alternatives, a point you choose to overlook in your determination to be a troll. -- Lew