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Re: Java: Helping the world build bigger idiots
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Olle Mulmo)
Thu Sep 22 10:11:46 2005
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Cc: Olle Mulmo <mulmo@pdc.kth.se>,
"cryptography@metzdowd.com" <cryptography@metzdowd.com>,
Jerrold Leichter <leichter@smarts.com>
From: Olle Mulmo <mulmo@pdc.kth.se>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:49:14 +0200
To: Steve Furlong <demonfighter@gmail.com>
On Sep 21, 2005, at 23:27, Steve Furlong wrote:
> If by that you mean, "Program dumb: avoid tricky code, avoid odd
> usage, stick to the basics", I agree. Save your clever tricks for
> hobby code and the snippets you use to score hot chicks. Critical
> code, potentially dangerous code, and professional code should be
> written simply and with the idioms standard to the language.
Peter's example is "standard to the language". It's just not used much
by those influenced by other idioms prior to learning Java.
I guess another way of saying this is: the people on this list are
getting old. :-)
/Olle
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