Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.mb-net.net!open-news-network.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Roedy Green Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: java software naming question Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:49:29 -0800 Organization: Canadian Mind Products Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: <396e3ff0-2a44-4d8b-917c-3b9205a567a6@googlegroups.com> <__OdnU7WI-raB3HNnZ2dnUVZ_sidnZ2d@earthlink.com> <62bre8p0df5rp61rj7ij4vip7e2eutra18@4ax.com> Reply-To: Roedy Green NNTP-Posting-Host: K2Qzzs3EAqXk5RLzfhxcSw.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:21258 On Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:10:09 -0800, Gene Wirchenko wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : > No. "this" is a pronoun. Forgot about that. There is a pronoun for this object but not for this class. In a way, import makes all Java variables into pronouns, in the sense of abbreviations for full nouns. -- Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com Students who hire or con others to do their homework are as foolish as couch potatoes who hire others to go to the gym for them.