Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: blmblm@myrealbox.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: generics puzzle Date: 25 Oct 2011 07:05:16 GMT Organization: None Lines: 38 Message-ID: <9gn5dcFmomU3@mid.individual.net> References: <9g2f24Fi0vU1@mid.individual.net> <9gdkrfFn51U3@mid.individual.net> <345c79eb-ffb2-4c4f-84ae-f701a876f818@f11g2000vbm.googlegroups.com> X-Trace: individual.net a/t79+a2ld2EhAOOgA3+pQpW/FsKXzpp1MSGlyVrbBEJb80VAK X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:lMOKnPn8ZrshQNNmwlDFc4cM2Lc= X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:9163 In article <345c79eb-ffb2-4c4f-84ae-f701a876f818@f11g2000vbm.googlegroups.com>, Eight of Seventeen wrote: > On Oct 21, 12:27 pm, blm...@myrealbox.com > wrote: > > Eight of Seventeen wrote: > > > On Oct 19, 9:28 am, blm...@myrealbox.com > > > wrote: > > > > In article <4df92aca-c98c-40da-9adb-5deed8dbd...@m4g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, > > > > Eight of Seventeen wrote: [ snip ] > > (You're starting to sound rather familiar, but I don't recognize the > > name you're using. Have you used another name to post here?) > > Yes. And judging by your response [1] to one of Lew's posts, I think I know -- well, I'm not sure I'd be able to list all the names you've used, but it appears that my guess about identity was correct. [1] "None of the nasty things ...." So, tempting though it might be to continue to try to explain myself, and to correct some of your misimpressions about "screen", experience [2] suggests that at most two people might actually be interested in such a discussion, and it might easily expand into something that would annoy other participants. So I'll try to resist temptation. [2] Long-time readers may remember a previous discussion (and will probably *not* be thanking anyone for the memories). [ snip ] -- B. L. Massingill ObDisclaimer: I don't speak for my employers; they return the favor.