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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 14:25 -0500
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On 06/02/2011 2:19 PM, Lew wrote:
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>> You haven’t actually read the languge spec, have you?
>
> javax.swing.JSnarker wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Well, isn't that special?
>
> I suppose you thought that was pretty clever when you wrote it.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection
>
>> 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.

Gee, you rebut his opponent and somewhat compliment the guy, and this is 
the thanks you get?

:P

> As for "Lawrence"'s remark, it is quite clear that evidence or reason
> for it were not foremost in his mind.

With you so far, but ...

> He ain't nothin' but a hound dog.
> He ain't never caught a rabbit, and he ain't no friend of mine.

This seems to be a complete non sequitur. Except maybe for that last part.

Maybe someone needs to smack Lawrence upside the head with a bound and 
printed copy of the JLS.

-- 
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
    Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-02-06 14:19 -0500
    Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-02-07 14:20 +1300

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