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Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors

From	Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors
Followup-To	comp.lang.java.programmer
Date	2011-02-07 14:20 +1300
Organization	Geek Central
Message-ID	<iinhc5$6h2$3@lust.ihug.co.nz> (permalink)
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In message <iimreq$4n9$1@speranza.aioe.org>, javax.swing.JSnarker wrote:

> 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.

Really? Then he would know how the language spec uses the word “descendant”.

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Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-02-06 01:31 +1300
  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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