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| From | Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: Theads and FTP |
| References | <5ltld7tfk710d84lkmv3rvcvd4g17bmak1@4ax.com> <NoRCq.5932$cN1.5824@newsfe12.iad> <5pdpd75pb28ukk68tlbo7q2kijec7d2tu2@4ax.com> |
| Message-ID | <Cb7Dq.6718$U16.1864@newsfe15.iad> (permalink) |
| Date | 2011-12-05 09:29 -0800 |
On 12/5/11 5:33 AM, Roedy Green wrote: > On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:14:21 -0800, Daniel Pitts > <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> wrote, quoted or indirectly > quoted someone who said : > >> Why not look up the RFC on the FTP protocol? > > Because they are written to impress rather than inform. It is far too > easy to misinterpret them. > > Sometimes there is some catch why in theory you can do something but > not in practice. You have to learn that from someone who has used the > tool, not from the author. > Do you feel the same way about the JLS? My preferred approach is to read the canonical spec, and then ask questions about what a particular paragraph means if I can't understand it.
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Theads and FTP Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-12-03 20:31 -0800
Re: Theads and FTP Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2011-12-04 13:14 -0800
Re: Theads and FTP Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-12-04 22:06 -0500
Re: Theads and FTP Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-12-05 14:58 +0000
Re: Theads and FTP Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-12-05 22:01 -0500
Re: Theads and FTP Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-12-06 21:07 +0000
Re: Theads and FTP Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-12-05 05:33 -0800
Re: Theads and FTP Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2011-12-05 09:29 -0800
Re: Theads and FTP Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-12-05 12:29 -0600
Re: Theads and FTP Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-12-06 11:28 -0600
Re: Theads and FTP Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-12-05 22:00 -0500
Re: Theads and FTP Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-12-06 22:16 +0000
Re: Theads and FTP Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-12-04 22:04 -0500
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