Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "javax.swing.JSnarker" Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: "Small" Program Challenge. Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:09:42 -0400 Organization: media lab? Lines: 59 Message-ID: References: <4291u795eegvb0j8b09lvqkng3hh13t336@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 4npPPMfdItyI4zRPKe6zXw.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: NewsTap/3.5.5 (iPhone/iPod Touch) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:15432 On 19/06/2012 6:32 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: > wrote: >> On 19/06/2012 6:04 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: >>> wrote: >>>> On 19/06/2012 12:12 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> Void main() is not supported by the C specification. However, the quoted >>>>>> section of the JLS clearly states that initialization precedes >>>>>> invocation (which is also just plain common sense). >>>>> 1) It is "void", not "Void", and >>>> Yes, I know, however it was at the start of a sentence and part of >>>> English prose rather than compilable code. >>> Since it is a code example, English grammar does not apply. >> "Void main() is not supported by the C specification." is English prose, >> not a code example. > Oh, but it is. It is, indeed, English prose; glad you realize that now. >>>> Not according to any of the books I've read, and there have been many. >>> What about the C standard? >> I assume that the books follow the C standard, or at least the vast >> majority of them do. As for the standard itself, for some peculiar >> reason it doesn't seem to be available anywhere by simple point, click, >> download free of charge, unlike the JLS. > I have seen plenty that suggest "void main()" in a hosted > implementation. It is the first thing that I look for in evaluating > quality. To then reject the ones that suggest it, I hope. >> I have done nothing of the sort, or anything wrong at all, and I will >> thank you to stop publicly smearing me by claiming or suggesting >> otherwise in news posts. > You keep missing I have done nothing of the sort, or anything wrong at all, and I will thank you to stop publicly smearing me by claiming or suggesting otherwise in news posts. >> I do not know why Lew is arguing over something that is clearly stated. >> I have a guess (that he's throwing up a smokescreen rather than admit >> he's wrong) but no proof that it's correct. > I think it more likely that it is you who is wrong. Then you think wrong. The spec clearly says that initialization precedes invocation. > I await your next smokescreen post. Then you will be waiting a very long time. -- public final class JSnarker extends JComponent A JSnarker is an NNTP-aware component that asynchronously provides snarky output when the Ego.needsPuncturing() event is fired in cljp.