Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Stefan Robacki" Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: StringBuilder Difficulties Followup-To: comp.os.os2.advocacy Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:04:17 -0400 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 84 Message-ID: References: <9744m8FpnhU3@mid.individual.net> <6cqp07tiug2nu8u6ififvvek1694fkpfi1@4ax.com> <976q3jF3etU2@mid.individual.net> <978bv1FnqaU1@mid.individual.net> <97ejjfFrh1U1@mid.individual.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 9TaRU73XXkHW6TkBUobtXg.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:5879 Silvio wrote: >On 07/05/2011 09:51 PM, markspace wrote: >> On 7/5/2011 11:13 AM, super.. wrote: >>> ConcurrentNavigableMap, >>> List>> >> >> I'd like to see some actual examples from actual code, rather than these >> obvious straw-man arguments. > >Drop it. I spent 10 years programming Java (pre- and post-generics) and >moved to Scala three years ago. It's no contest, believe me. > >But as always, comparison of individual language features is pointless >and only gives wrong impressions. One would have to compare a larger >peace of Java and the equivalent Scala code (of good quality and with >enough explanation) to get a good idea of how they compare. > >In my experience Scala rewrites of Java code shrink to 25%-50% of the >original size. >In my opinion the result is also much more readable and self-describing >but the amount of logic-per-line-of-code is so much higher that others >feel exactly the opposite way. > >To each his own. There is no point in starting another language war, and >I do not think super* was trying to do that. > >Gr. Silvio You are trolled, Both. Meet Paul Derbyshire, forever nefarious as Seamus McRae the Vietnam veteran who threatened to sue any critic of his postings. Paul is also of a bother right now in comp.lang.lisp I have posted the signal there. From: KitKat Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Why "lock" functionality is introduced for all the objects? Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:30:17 -0400 Organization: Nestle Lines: 52 Message-ID: The history for this chap is found easily on Google Groups, there is no pain in knowing him. The fellow is quite crazy harmless in Usenet. http://groups.google.com/groups/search?as_q=derbyshire+ carleton&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&num=100&scoring=&lr=& as_sitesearch=&as_qdr=&as_mind=1&as_minm=1&as_miny= 2011&as_maxd=1&as_maxm=1&as_maxy=2011&as_ugroup=& as_usubject=&as_uauthors=&safe=off derbyshire carleton Results 1 - 100 of about 5,730 for derbyshire carleton. I have seen many lists of names put to Paul Derbyshire as the clown poster. I have built my own for the close use of others. Exists there are many more. Nebulous Jerry Gerrone Extravagan De Lurker Sulfide Eater Series Expansion "Spock" Orange Green Willy Wonka Zapotec Nancy 4 thoolen 3x+rav4gan <3x7r4vag4n@fr0gs0up.x3l0n.c0m> KitKat Seamus MacRae -- Stefan