Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Gene Wirchenko Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Wormholes Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2012 08:34:56 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <0ska4895k2mp2j5fb5p4qnue7lsbdpoeoo@4ax.com> <85zk56mgi1.fsf@teletu.it.nospam.invalid> <85vcftnakt.fsf@teletu.it.nospam.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="c0a6a1dc41fc92eb7000e57afbd16211"; logging-data="18726"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/2aoVFPAz5LdxtKJFMH7uRT9DpEC5XywQ=" X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 4.2/32.1118 Cancel-Lock: sha1:1OBRsdiNu0Z74vDbbSGcbCfvsok= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:18536 On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:09:54 +0200, Zermelo wrote: >Lew writes: > >> Why static? >Because a static variable is accessible from every methods. The same is >not true for an instance variable. The horror of global variables raises its head. [snip] Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko