Path: csiph.com!eeepc.pasdenom.info!news.pasdenom.info!news.dougwise.org!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!news.albasani.net!not-for-mail From: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Why No Supplemental Characters In Character Literals? Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2011 11:15:05 -0500 Organization: albasani.net Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <4d4ca055$0$23765$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <4d4cc253$1@news.x-privat.org> <4d4cc43d$0$23765$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <4d4cc888$1@news.x-privat.org> <4d4ceaf3$1@news.x-privat.org> <4d4d97f6$0$23753$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <4d4e3376$1@news.x-privat.org> <4d4eaf3d$0$23760$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: news.albasani.net +bVJ2f7Ok3OHYEhydcoXvl/2UzQSBGErlL/u2p9PTwkDQvYjMpeZgmTXCXThM11xwA694CNhQPGlk5bthRwjVQ== NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 16:14:59 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <4d4eaf3d$0$23760$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> Cancel-Lock: sha1:jMDjaWn/V8XnxYCosOvh0ndJ0M8= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101208 Thunderbird/3.1.7 Injection-Info: news.albasani.net; logging-data="uNxXH62FbsFqFrmeu4zR2La8uBYeMhvMkeHnpryhgnF6rgPmANO+2TZc9lzO7jvK7L/yReN2VbIHJiqWn1z5ZDsXsTOjSZOpPA6Sv0/qvHATB/rMpbFSJObSu8o2u4U9"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@albasani.net" Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:25851 Ken Wesson wrote: >> Micro-optimization: making some tiny bit of something (a single loop, a >> single algorithm or data structure) better. Which is opposite to optimization in many cases. "Better" in micro-optimization is frequently worse for the system. . . . Ken Wesson wrote: >> No doubt the latter can carry connotations, including negative >> (optimizing a tiny bit of something without considering the forest, only >> the trees), in certain contexts, but the post that first used the term in >> this thread did not IMO clearly convey any such subtext. Arne Vajhøj wrote: > It seems rather clear to me that Mike's usage had the programmer > meaning not the English meaning in mind. It's obvious to anyone who isn't trolling. -- Lew Ceci n'est pas une fenêtre. .___________. |###] | [###| |##/ | *\##| |#/ * | \#| |#----|----#| || | * || |o * | o| |_____|_____| |===========|