Path: csiph.com!eeepc.pasdenom.info!news.pasdenom.info!news.dougwise.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "javax.swing.JSnarker" Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2011 14:25:59 -0500 Organization: media lab? Lines: 44 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 3JKR4A4oyLilmkiVmspCnw.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/3.0.4 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:25816 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 , Lew admitted: > The JLS is obfuscatory in parts