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From: Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Java blunders
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 21:18:32 +0000 (UTC)
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On Sun, 27 Jul 2014 14:46:05 -0400, Eric Sosman wrote:

> On 7/27/2014 2:28 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
>> On Sun, 27 Jul 2014 10:13:16 -0700, Roedy Green wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 20:11:24 +0000 (UTC), Martin Gregorie
>>> <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
>>> someone who said :
>>>
>>>> Perl and PHP use . as the string concatenation operator. It seems as
>>>> good as any to me:
>>>
>>> I wonder if . would conflict with its use in qualification.
>>>
>> That's possible. [...]
> 
>      Yes: An example was offered upthread.  Expanding on it:
> 
> 	class Clown {
> 	    static String clownName = "Bozo";
> 	    static {
> 	        System.out.println(clownName.equals("Bozo"));
> 	    }
> 	}
> 
> What output appears when the class is initialized: "true" or
> "Bozofalse"?

"False", somewhat obviously, though I don't see what this example has to 
do with qualififiers, especially given that some compilers understand 
context-sensitive grammar. In any case, I didn't think this was intended 
as example code as it looks more like a thinly disguised insult than 
anything else.
 

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