Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.swapon.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jeff Higgins Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal... Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 20:40:12 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 00:40:15 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="b896cb427f8c4d19d14880347aa9d6ce"; logging-data="12323"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/5ngke0OIkVqBHoImA8WCnz0msExLg/Jw=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Icedove/24.7.0 In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:CV5mxSrZ8nsvogcZz4Jp8ntynv8= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:29549 On 08/03/2014 08:37 PM, Eric Sosman wrote: > On 8/3/2014 6:34 PM, Jeff Higgins wrote: >> On 08/03/2014 06:19 PM, Jeff Higgins wrote: >>> On 08/03/2014 05:37 PM, Jeff Higgins wrote: >>> >>>> I've not written an interface that compares Collections of Ranks >>>> or Suits or Cards or Decks. A Game will require such behavior. >>>> I still believe that behavior is implementable using the interfaces >>>> I've described, and not uncleanly. Please describe a *simple* >>>> situation that disproves my belief, I promise not to exercise my >>>> Weasel options. >>> >>> "as an ook cometh of a litel spyr". There I've done it. >>> One variation of my all time favorite quotation becomes >>> apropos if we consider the interfaces I've proposed as >>> part of the "litel spyr". >>> >>> >> Someone please tell me if I should be concentrating on this evening's >> supper of ground beef patties instead of following >> comp.lang.java.programmer. > > Ground lamb would be my preference, but I have no quarrel > with ground beef and agree it might be tastier than c.l.j.p. > Good night! > I'll take it with the grain of salt it lacks.