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 20:42:05 -0400 Organization: media lab? Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <7kIDr.12088$Bp1.3039@newsfe10.iad> <4291u795eegvb0j8b09lvqkng3hh13t336@4ax.com> <4732eeb4-9d34-4765-ba6d-c098f0528038@googlegroups.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:15436 On 19/06/2012 8:19 PM, Lew wrote: > It precedes invocation, but not the attempt to invoke. That doesn't make sense. "It precedes catching the ball, but not the attempt to catch" likewise doesn't make sense. > You are wrong. No, I'm not. > I have seen in real code where classes were loaded and not initialized, Not relevant here, unless you're claiming you've seen in real code where a static method began to be invoked and the class was *still* not initialized. > Reality wins. And you lose. The rest of your post is redundant with other parts of it and as such has been ignored as asked-and-answered already. -- 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.