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From: "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org>
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Subject: Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal...
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Arne Vajhøj wrote:

> So maybe a game need something more advanced than a Comparator<>, but
> that does still not show that a Card class should not be
> Comparable<>.

How about: "Because making it easier to get things wrong than to get things 
right is rarely a good idea" ?

    -- chris