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| Started by | Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> |
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| First post | 2011-02-05 09:39 -0500 |
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Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-02-05 09:39 -0500
Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2011-02-06 14:06 -0500
Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2011-02-06 14:25 -0500
Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-02-06 14:19 -0500
Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-02-07 14:20 +1300
| From | Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> |
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| Date | 2011-02-05 09:39 -0500 |
| Subject | Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors |
| Message-ID | <iijne5$ccs$4@news.albasani.net> |
On 02/05/2011 07:31 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > * Section 4.9, page 62: > > • For each Ti, 1 ≤ i ≤ n , let Ci be the most specific class or array > type such that Ti<: Ci > > Surely that type is Ti. Unless "specific” means something that hasn’t been > defined yet? No, Ci can be a subtype of Ti. "More specific" means "descendant from". -- Lew Ceci n'est pas une fenêtre. .___________. |###] | [###| |##/ | *\##| |#/ * | \#| |#----|----#| || | * || |o * | o| |_____|_____| |===========|
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| From | "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> |
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| Date | 2011-02-06 14:06 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <iimreq$4n9$1@speranza.aioe.org> |
| In reply to | #25474 |
On 05/02/2011 9:47 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > In message<iijne5$ccs$4@news.albasani.net>, Lew wrote: > >> On 02/05/2011 07:31 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> >>> * Section 4.9, page 62: >>> >>> • For each Ti, 1 ≤ i ≤ n , let Ci be the most specific class or >>> array type such that Ti<: Ci >>> >>> Surely that type is Ti. Unless "specific” means something that hasn’t >>> been defined yet? >> >> No, Ci can be a subtype of Ti. "More specific" means "descendant from". > > You haven’t actually read the languge spec, have you? This is LEW we're talking about. Every other word he posts is a quotation from the JLS. He sleeps with a dog-eared copy of the JLS under his pillow. It's probably what he masturbates to. And though he sometimes loses patience with those of us that don't have it memorized backwards and forwards, his JLS-informed advice in this newsgroup is frequently useful. -- In <iijn58$ccs$1@news.albasani.net>, Lew admitted: > The JLS is obfuscatory in parts
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| From | "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> |
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| Date | 2011-02-06 14:25 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <iimsk7$ef3$1@speranza.aioe.org> |
| In reply to | #25544 |
On 06/02/2011 2:19 PM, Lew wrote: > Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >>> You haven’t actually read the languge spec, have you? > > javax.swing.JSnarker wrote: >> This is LEW we're talking about. Every other word he posts is a >> quotation from >> the JLS. He sleeps with a dog-eared copy of the JLS under his pillow. >> It's >> probably what he masturbates to. > > Well, isn't that special? > > I suppose you thought that was pretty clever when you wrote it. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection > >> And though he sometimes loses patience with those of us that don't >> have it >> memorized backwards and forwards, his JLS-informed advice in this >> newsgroup is >> frequently useful. Gee, you rebut his opponent and somewhat compliment the guy, and this is the thanks you get? :P > As for "Lawrence"'s remark, it is quite clear that evidence or reason > for it were not foremost in his mind. With you so far, but ... > He ain't nothin' but a hound dog. > He ain't never caught a rabbit, and he ain't no friend of mine. This seems to be a complete non sequitur. Except maybe for that last part. Maybe someone needs to smack Lawrence upside the head with a bound and printed copy of the JLS. -- In <iijn58$ccs$1@news.albasani.net>, Lew admitted: > The JLS is obfuscatory in parts
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| From | Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> |
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| Date | 2011-02-06 14:19 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <iims8p$vun$1@news.albasani.net> |
| In reply to | #25544 |
Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> You haven’t actually read the languge spec, have you? javax.swing.JSnarker wrote: > This is LEW we're talking about. Every other word he posts is a quotation from > the JLS. He sleeps with a dog-eared copy of the JLS under his pillow. It's > probably what he masturbates to. Well, isn't that special? I suppose you thought that was pretty clever when you wrote it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection > And though he sometimes loses patience with those of us that don't have it > memorized backwards and forwards, his JLS-informed advice in this newsgroup is > frequently useful. One of the reasons I reread the JLS so often is that I don't memorize it, and some of the passages are a bit thick. As for my citations, that doesn't require any special skill. You just see a question about Java syntax or semantics, and you think to yourself, "Hey, let's see what the JLS says about that!" Then you look it up. That'll make you an instant expert on most of those questions. As for "Lawrence"'s remark, it is quite clear that evidence or reason for it were not foremost in his mind. He ain't nothin' but a hound dog. He ain't never caught a rabbit, and he ain't no friend of mine. -- Lew Ceci n'est pas une fenêtre. .___________. |###] | [###| |##/ | *\##| |#/ * | \#| |#----|----#| || | * || |o * | o| |_____|_____| |===========|
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| From | Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> |
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| Date | 2011-02-07 14:20 +1300 |
| Message-ID | <iinhc5$6h2$3@lust.ihug.co.nz> |
| In reply to | #25544 |
In message <iimreq$4n9$1@speranza.aioe.org>, javax.swing.JSnarker wrote: > On 05/02/2011 9:47 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> In message<iijne5$ccs$4@news.albasani.net>, Lew wrote: >> >>> On 02/05/2011 07:31 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >>> >>>> * Section 4.9, page 62: >>>> >>>> • For each Ti, 1 ≤ i ≤ n , let Ci be the most specific class or >>>> array type such that Ti<: Ci >>>> >>>> Surely that type is Ti. Unless "specific” means something that hasn’t >>>> been defined yet? >>> >>> No, Ci can be a subtype of Ti. "More specific" means "descendant from". >> >> You haven’t actually read the languge spec, have you? > > This is LEW we're talking about. Every other word he posts is a > quotation from the JLS. He sleeps with a dog-eared copy of the JLS under > his pillow. It's probably what he masturbates to. Really? Then he would know how the language spec uses the word “descendant”.
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