On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 8:15 AM, CleverSwine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Chris Pratt wrote: > > I never said it was a good idea, it's just something that was so common > > that > > they decided to make it part of the language. > > This statement demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of Java. I really > hope you are NOT a committer on the struts2 project. > No I'm not a committer on the project, but please enlighten me on my fundamental misunderstanding of Java (this outght to be good).
> > Chris Pratt wrote: > > But it is something I've need innumerable times, especially when reviewing > > Apache Java source. > > I don't even know where to begin with this statement. You might as well have > said, "my parents shoplift, so why shouldn't I?" Justifying poor design by > pointing to someone else and saying "But look, he does it, too!" is > childish. > You are correct, my fingers did not type what my brain told them to. It should have said: But it is something I've *noticed* innumerable times, especially when reviewing Apache Java source. As I said in the rest of the e-mail, this is not a pattern I use myself. (*Chris*) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
