From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors Followup-To: comp.lang.java.programmer Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 09:20:16 +1300 Organization: Geek Central Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <%8o3p.61505$8_2.1344@newsfe17.iad> <40p3p.37003$5k5.12664@newsfe03.iad> NNTP-Posting-Host: 118-92-86-70.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: lust.ihug.co.nz 1297110016 13464 118.92.86.70 (7 Feb 2011 20:20:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ihug.co.nz NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 20:20:16 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.4.7 Path: csiph.com!eeepc.pasdenom.info!news.pasdenom.info!news.dougwise.org!feed.ac-versailles.fr!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!203.109.252.33.MISMATCH!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!lust.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:26093 In message , Joshua Cranmer wrote: > On 02/06/2011 09:45 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> In message, Joshua Cranmer >> wrote: >> >>> On 02/06/2011 08:50 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >>>> In message, Joshua Cranmer >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 02/06/2011 06:31 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Is a type that “extends” T a subclass or a superclass of T? >>>>> >>>>> Neither. Types are not subclasses or superclasses of other things. >>>> >>>> What does “<=” mean, again? >>> >>> In which context? >> >> In the context of the language specification we happen to be discussing. > > Where it's used a few different times in different contexts. As I said, > what is the context, i.e., what is the exact, full clause that it is > being used in. The one I quoted right at the start of this thread.