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Re: "Small" Program Challenge.

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On 18/06/2012 3:44 PM, Lew wrote:
> "A class or interface type T will be initialized immediately before the first occurrence of any one of the following:
>
> - T is a class and a static method declared by T is invoked.

This is the case that seems to be applicable here. It should not be 
erroring out trying to invoke main until after initialization, because 
the initialization must occur immediately *before* the invocation 
attempt (since it must have occurred if that attempt succeeds or again 
the spec is violated).

> You are saying that the first case applies, an instance is created because of
> the third case, a static field is assigned. But that assignment shouldn't happen
> yet because nothing has invoked the class legally, i.e., the sequence to invoke
> 'main()' didn't happen. It is, in fact, the invocation of 'main()' that is supposed to
> trigger the initialization.

That's backwards. Initialization must *precede* the invocation, not 
*follow* it. The JVM is required to initialize the class just *before* 
attempting to invoke the main method, and indeed up through Java 6 that 
is precisely what it did.

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public final class JSnarker
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A JSnarker is an NNTP-aware component that asynchronously provides 
snarky output when the Ego.needsPuncturing() event is fired in cljp.

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"Small" Program Challenge. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-06-13 13:45 -0700
  Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-06-13 13:52 -0700
    Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-06-13 16:17 -0700
      Re: "Small" Program Challenge. glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-06-14 00:16 +0000
    Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-06-13 16:19 -0700
      Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-06-13 16:24 -0700
    Re: "Small" Program Challenge. markspace <-@.> - 2012-06-13 17:40 -0700
  Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-13 21:28 -0400
  Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-06-13 20:52 -0700
    Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "Hiram Hunt" <hiramhunt@verizon.net> - 2012-06-14 08:23 -0400
      Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "Hiram Hunt" <hiramhunt@verizon.net> - 2012-06-14 08:30 -0400
    Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-06-17 21:17 -0400
  Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Paul Cager <paul.cager@googlemail.com> - 2012-06-14 02:32 -0700
  Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Bent C Dalager <bcd@pvv.ntnu.no> - 2012-06-14 11:29 +0000
  Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-06-14 12:50 -0700
  Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-06-14 15:49 -0500
  Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-06-14 14:56 -0700
  Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-06-14 17:02 -0700
  Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-06-14 17:09 -0700
  Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2012-06-15 22:13 -0700
    Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-06-16 12:11 -0700
  Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2012-06-17 15:22 +0200
    Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-06-17 15:24 -0700
      Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-17 18:25 -0400
        Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-06-17 20:31 -0400
          Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-17 20:55 -0400
            Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-06-17 20:40 -0700
              Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-17 23:43 -0400
              Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-06-17 21:25 -0700
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-18 00:45 -0400
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-06-18 12:47 -0700
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-18 15:57 -0400
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-06-18 13:31 -0700
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-06-18 16:05 -0500
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-06-18 14:18 -0700
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-18 19:50 -0400
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-18 19:48 -0400
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca> - 2012-06-19 08:07 -0400
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-19 15:26 -0400
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-06-18 09:04 -0700
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-18 13:09 -0400
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. markspace <-@.> - 2012-06-18 11:06 -0700
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-18 14:46 -0400
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. markspace <-@.> - 2012-06-18 13:22 -0700
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-18 19:51 -0400
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2012-06-20 13:11 +0200
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-06-22 12:54 -0700
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-22 18:30 -0400
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-06-25 12:59 -0700
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-25 16:49 -0400
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-06-18 12:44 -0700
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-18 16:01 -0400
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-06-18 13:36 -0700
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-18 20:01 -0400
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-06-18 18:25 -0700
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-18 22:01 -0400
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-06-18 19:04 -0700
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-18 22:12 -0400
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2012-06-19 12:36 +0000
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-19 15:28 -0400
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-06-19 09:12 -0700
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-19 15:30 -0400
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-06-19 15:04 -0700
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-19 18:23 -0400
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-06-19 15:32 -0700
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-19 19:09 -0400
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-19 19:10 -0400
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-06-19 17:19 -0700
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-19 20:42 -0400
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-06-19 20:01 -0500
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-19 21:12 -0400
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-06-19 20:32 -0500
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-06-19 22:01 -0700
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-20 21:15 -0400
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-20 21:05 -0400
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2012-06-23 13:42 +0200
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-23 12:12 -0400
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2012-06-23 23:10 +0200
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-23 17:14 -0400
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-06-19 22:15 -0700
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2012-06-20 10:34 +0000
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-06-20 10:45 -0700
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2012-06-21 08:13 +0000
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-21 17:18 -0400
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-06-21 15:30 -0700
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-21 20:28 -0400
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-20 21:22 -0400
                Re: "Small" Program Challenge. "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-06-20 21:19 -0400

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