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From: Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid>
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Subject: Re: I don't why I get 'not a statement' error in the following code...
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:43:20 -0400
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On 10/5/2011 11:13 AM, Chad wrote:
> [... concerning non-statements like `42;' ...]
>
> I guess I don't understand why the Java designers decided not to
> permit it.

     Java's designers chose to enshrine only some of C's infelicities.

     Here's another one they didn't perpetuate:

	String[] array = { "I", "am", "commutative" };
	String s = 1[array];

"Others will occur to your thought." -- Gandalf

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Eric Sosman
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