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Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors

From	"javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors
Date	2011-02-06 14:06 -0500
Organization	media lab?
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On 05/02/2011 9:47 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> In message<iijne5$ccs$4@news.albasani.net>, Lew wrote:
>
>> On 02/05/2011 07:31 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>>> * Section 4.9, page 62:
>>>
>>>       • For each Ti, 1 ≤ i ≤ n , let Ci be the most specific class or
>>>       array type such that Ti<: Ci
>>>
>>> Surely that type is Ti. Unless "specific” means something that hasn’t
>>> been defined yet?
>>
>> No, Ci can be a subtype of Ti.  "More specific" means "descendant from".
>
> You haven’t actually read the languge spec, have you?

This is LEW we're talking about. Every other word he posts is a 
quotation from the JLS. He sleeps with a dog-eared copy of the JLS under 
his pillow. It's probably what he masturbates to.

And though he sometimes loses patience with those of us that don't have 
it memorized backwards and forwards, his JLS-informed advice in this 
newsgroup is frequently useful.

-- 
In <iijn58$ccs$1@news.albasani.net>, Lew admitted:
 > The JLS is obfuscatory in parts

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Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-02-05 09:39 -0500
  Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2011-02-06 14:06 -0500
    Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2011-02-06 14:25 -0500

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