Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tim Slattery Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Controlling the Garbage Collector Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 08:30:05 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <11c2c33a-ae05-4179-9a66-eee7bb90a49d@googlegroups.com> <6nbmu7hjk5onm590mfsqdof07hmgti32k7@4ax.com> <013b2aa4-a92d-41fc-a989-bc28a796f6fb@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="TED293GKgPdO7E2ekieVRQ"; logging-data="26675"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+MiQkgSa6jXJ3cLwea2N9IE7uhVJYQuAg=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/7.00.32.1200 Cancel-Lock: sha1:hI3gxc7RuUoNzvk6KT3Iqe5r8+w= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:15743 Martin Gregorie wrote: >The countries where I've obtained driving licenses (NZ and the UK) both >have a restriction that prevents a person who learnt on an automatic from >driving a manual shift without additional training. The opposite does not >apply: learn on a manual gearbox and you're good to go on an automatic. >As I stupidly did my right leg a lot damage a few years ago I'm now >restricted to driving an automatic with a left-foot accelerator, which >makes sense: I can drive a conventionally equipped manual Hilux pickup >for short distances (2-3 km) but would not want to drive it on the road >for any distance. I presume you're used to similar restrictions in the >USA? Not the first thing you mention, the restriction on using a manual without additional training. But I can certainly see the reason for it. As for people with right-foot problems being restricted to left-foot pedals: yes, absolutely. A few years ago my wife was having considerable problems with her right foot. She had a left-foot pedal installed, and as a condition of that, her driver's license was changed to say that she could only operate a left-foot pedal car. The flip side is that the left-foot car can only legally be operated by someone with that restriction on the license. So I wasn't supposed to drive it, even though the pedal would fold up out of the way. -- Tim Slattery Slattery_T@bls.gov