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[OT] The addendum and Meta [was]Re: public <E> String FUNCTIONNAME( ?,?)

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On 10/09/2012 07:08 PM, Lew wrote:
> Jeff Higgins wrote:
>> It's curious that you reply to my reply to the original post
>> and then leave my comments uncommented upon. It seems somewhat
>> akin to top posting. I admit to having committed the same
>> on occasion, but you do it with some regularity and I thought
>> to comment on this occasion. Perhaps your newsreader makes it
>> difficult to negotiate the hierarchy of the thread and you
>> simply reply to the last post read.
>
> I insert my comments inline where I have further remarks, but I keep
> yours where they were, as with other cited material, to establish context
> and to endorse the content, as useful at least and, in your case, as correct.
>
> If I put my remarks under yours, then it looks as though I'm reacting to that
> remark, when my point is usually marginal to an earlier line by a different
> poster.
>
> If I remove your remarks, then I lose the context that I deem important to cite.
>
> I often find myself responding to threads where the main question has already
> been answered better than I could have, but I see dangling threads. For example,
> this is hypothetical, say I see an idiom for a 'final' instance method in a concurrent
> context, and I see that 'final' might server better. I'll comment on that, and leave
> your remarks in place in order not to lose the real answer.

Ah, OK an unannounced inline addendum. Thanks for the explanation.

While replying to the original post I briefly considered tracking down
and including links to the relevant parts of the JLS but thought that
would muddy my attempt at a simple lay explanation.
You gasp and sputter, I heard you.
Anyway you whip out the BNF in all its glorious Truth and Beauty, and it 
is Majestic. I thank you. No joke. I'm sure the newb is feelin' it too.

>
> And I'm using a web interface to Usenet which is a pain in the ass. It breaks lines
> arbitrarily and doubles the lines, so a quoted line is
>
>> this is a broken
>>
>> line through the
>>
>> f- friendly interface.
>
> I have to demangle a lot to post. It's a testament to how important I think my
> comments are that I am willing to go through all this effort to share them.
>
> You're welcome.
>
> (That was a joke, BTW.)
>
> For various reasons unrelated to product quality it's inconvenient to use
> Thunderbird lately. I find the discussions here very enlightening so I soldier on.
>

Yep, it's sad. I recall Andrew Thompson experiencing a similar
predicament (forced use of a WITUN) shortly before he pissed off
of c.l.j.p to focus his attention on the greater volume an perhaps
more stimulating Q/A type discussion at the (then) Sun Java Forums.

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public  <E>  String     FUNCTIONNAME(  ?,?) waiter.james1991@gmail.com - 2012-10-09 01:48 -0700
  Re: public  <E>  String     FUNCTIONNAME(  ?,?) Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-10-09 02:03 -0700
  Re: public  <E>  String     FUNCTIONNAME(  ?,?) Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-09 10:23 -0400
    Re: public  <E>  String     FUNCTIONNAME(  ?,?) Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-10-09 10:15 -0700
      Re: public  <E>  String     FUNCTIONNAME(  ?,?) Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-09 17:30 -0400
        Re: public  <E>  String     FUNCTIONNAME(  ?,?) Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-10-09 16:08 -0700
          [OT] The addendum and Meta [was]Re: public <E> String FUNCTIONNAME( ?,?) Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-10 05:51 -0400
            An addendum Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-10 06:04 -0400
  Re: public  <E>  String     FUNCTIONNAME(  ?,?) Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-09 17:40 -0400
  Re: public  <E>  String     FUNCTIONNAME(  ?,?) Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-09 23:47 +0200
    Re: public  <E>  String     FUNCTIONNAME(  ?,?) Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-10-09 18:09 -0400
      Re: public  <E>  String     FUNCTIONNAME(  ?,?) Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-10 00:43 +0200

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