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On 6/23/2011 12:07 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:09:05 -0400, Eric Sosman
> <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid>  wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>>      Y'know, Gene, you've been asking a spate of pretty elementary
>> questions.  Maybe some time with a textbook or other documentation
>> would be helpful, or possibly relocation to c.l.j.help, which is
>> more beginner-oriented.
>
>       Yes, I know.  I have been reading the on-line documentation, but
> it is often hard to find out how to do something.  I usually already
> know the concept, but if it is called something different in Java, it
> can be hard to find the documentation.

     The standard Javadoc (if that's what you mean by "the on-line
documentation") is a reference, not a tutorial.  It describes each
leaf in great detail, tells you a little about a few of the twigs,
but never mentions the branches, omits the tree, and ignores the
forest.  Reading the Javadoc to learn Java is somewhat like reading
a dictionary to learn Finnish.

     It seems to me that you're in need of a tutorial rather than a
reference, something that maps the forest and doesn't get bogged
down in the appearances of the individual stomata.  There's one on
Oracle's site at <http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/>; the
quality is uneven but you may find it useful.  I'd especially
recommend the first four of the "Trails Covering the Basics."

>       What is the difference between the two newsgroups other than that
> c.l.j.help seems fairly moribund?

     In theory, c.l.j.help is supposed to help beginners learn their
way around Java, while c.l.j.programmer is supposed to be for more
experienced practitioners.  That's the theory, and as you must know,
in theory there's no difference between theory and practice but in
practice there's no similarity.

-- 
Eric Sosman
esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid

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Passing a Method Name to a Method Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-06-22 12:46 -0700
  Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method "Fuschia, President-Elect of the Bright Purplish-Green Council" <fp-eotbp-gc@ibm.com> - 2011-06-22 16:00 -0400
    Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-06-23 14:40 -0700
      Re: isIdentifierCharacter (was: Passing a Method Name to a Method) Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-06-23 16:09 -0700
  Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method markspace <-@.> - 2011-06-22 14:14 -0700
    Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method "Fuschia, President-Elect of the Bright Purplish-Green Council" <fp-eotbp-gc@ibm.com> - 2011-06-22 22:59 -0400
    Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 17:49 +0000
      Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method markspace <-@.> - 2011-06-23 11:22 -0700
        Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2011-06-24 19:15 +0000
  Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-06-22 22:09 -0400
    Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-06-23 09:07 -0700
      Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method "Fuschia, President-Elect of the Bright Purplish-Green Council" <fp-eotbp-gc@ibm.com> - 2011-06-23 13:43 -0400
        Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Nebulous <nebulous99@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 13:57 -0700
      Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-06-24 07:28 -0400
    Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 17:53 +0000
  Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-06-22 22:30 -0400
    Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-06-23 09:06 -0300
      Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-06-23 13:23 -0300
        Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-06-23 09:33 -0700
          Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-06-23 17:53 -0300
            Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-06-23 19:15 -0700
              Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method "Fuschia, President-Elect of the Bright Purplish-Green Council" <fp-eotbp-gc@ibm.com> - 2011-06-24 01:48 -0400
                Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-06-24 02:20 -0400
                Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method "Fuschia, President-Elect of the Bright Purplish-Green Council" <fp-eotbp-gc@ibm.com> - 2011-06-25 15:26 -0400
      Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method "Fuschia, President-Elect of the Bright Purplish-Green Council" <fp-eotbp-gc@ibm.com> - 2011-06-23 13:42 -0400
        Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method markspace <-@.> - 2011-06-23 11:32 -0700
          Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-06-23 16:23 -0300
          Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method "Fuschia, President-Elect of the Bright Purplish-Green Council" <fp-eotbp-gc@ibm.com> - 2011-06-23 15:46 -0400
      Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-06-23 16:29 -0700
    Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-06-23 14:44 -0700
      Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-06-24 07:48 -0400
  Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-06-23 09:43 -0700

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