That's because the JVM doesn't NEED any other knowledge. The JVM doesn't define the language -- the compiler does.
The JVM is the environment the compiler targets, but with a different compiler, you get, say, Scheme or AspectJ instead of Java. Taking your argument to the logical conclusion, nothing about C++ is real, because the hardware doesn't know about it. Hmmm.... Solipsism is fun, but not particularly useful. On Oct 23, 5:53 am, DanH <[email protected]> wrote: > > Inner classes certainly exist > > Only as a fiction of javac. The JVM has no knowledge of them, other > than the InnerClasses attribute that's really just for debugging and > reflections. > > On Oct 22, 11:17 pm, Bob Kerns <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > There's always been Runnable, yes, but there hasn't always been the > > cultural emphasis on composition rather than derivation. In other > > words, I agree it was a mistake, but it was a mistake born of its > > time, and not one that would be as likely to be repeated today. > > > Inner classes certainly exist -- they're just broken (only capture > > final variables). The sense of unreality to which you refer is just an > > implementation technique, and only visible if you peek below the > > covers of reality. :) That's true of most any bit of programming > > semantics you choose to examine that closely. > > > On Oct 22, 5:15 pm, DanH <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > But there's always been a Runnable, and it's no more difficult to > > > subclass a Runnable than a Thread. Inner classes made it easier (if > > > more obscure) to define your subclasses, but didn't change the basic > > > nature of the beast. (In fact, in reality inner classes don't exist.) > > > > On Oct 22, 7:04 pm, Bob Kerns <[email protected]> wrote: -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
