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On 03/08/14 20:26, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 8/3/2014 3:00 PM, Eric Sosman wrote:
>> On 8/3/2014 1:25 PM, Jeff Higgins wrote:
>>> On 08/03/2014 11:41 AM, Eric Sosman wrote:
>>>> On 8/3/2014 11:08 AM, Jeff Higgins wrote:
>>>>> On 08/01/2014 09:16 PM, Scott Dunning wrote:

<snip>

>>      Given the variety of card games, Comparable is a wrong-headed
>> approach for ranks, for suits, and even for hands.
>>
>>      Scott: Don't Go There; you'll just get lost.
>
> I must admit that I can not follow you.
>
> The fact that different games may use a different ordering is
> not an argument against Comparable<>.
>
> Comparable<> is not the one and only ordering. Comparable<> is
> just the natural ordering. It is perfectly valid to have a
> Comparable<> with the natural ordering and a bunch of
> Comparator<> to handle the context specific orderings.

Exactly, and what better way to encapsulate the rules of a game than in 
a Comparator.

You can develop Deck and Shuffle and Hand etc etc and simply (well 
perhaps not 'simply') implement different games by implementing 
different Comparators ... Sounds 'OO' to me.


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