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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand>
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Subject: Re: java.lang vs java.util
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In message <nKgmp.2643$0r7.2582@newsfe12.iad>, Arved Sandstrom wrote:

> On 11-04-04 01:05 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> In message <ct9mp.1376$YL5.219@newsfe05.iad>, Arved Sandstrom wrote:
>> 
>>> On 11-04-03 09:49 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>>> In message <dt6mp.2629$0r7.144@newsfe12.iad>, Arved Sandstrom wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm not interested in a novice explanation like "I can solve this
>>>>> problem like this in Python, and when I try to translate it
>>>>> line-by-line into Java I just can't do it"
>>>>
>>>> Not that I ever asked for a “line-by-line” translation, but keep right
>>>> on with your prevaricating strawmen, why don’t you.
>>>
>>> You've been quibbling about the inability to do things in Java more or
>>> less like you can do them in Python, which is why I threw that in.
>> 
>> Which reminds me, I’m still waiting for someone to show how they can do
>> this
>> <http://groups.google.co.nz/groups?selm=ik1en0$gng$1@lust.ihug.co.nz>
>> better in Java.
> 
> Until you provide a design document you may wait for a while.

See, that’s what I mean by lack of agility. It’s not enough to figure out 
what the code does, you need some kind of specification document filled out 
in tedious detail and no doubt signed off in triplicate before you will 
write a single line of code.

And they wonder who I’m referring to when I talk about “corporate code-
cutter drones” ...