On 10 August 2010 10:42, Eddie <[email protected]> wrote:

> If your eclipse's target and src is set to the same as your javac, why
> would eclipse compiles and javac reject it?
>

because Eclipse uses its own (incremental) Java compiler:

  http://www.eclipse.org/jdt/core/index.php

and whenever you have two implementations of the same
spec there are often differences due to vague wording, etc.


> On Aug 7, 1:40 am, JodaStephen <[email protected]> wrote:
> > BTW, as a parallel to this Scala discussion, consider generics in
> > Java. I will argue that the total number of people that *fully*
> > understand generics, to the point at which they can explain every
> > aspect of syntax they see, write any valid API and never have to
> > consult the FAQhttp://
> www.angelikalanger.com/GenericsFAQ/JavaGenericsFAQ.html
> > is vanishingly small. Very limited "enlightenment".
> > For example, even yesterday I encountered a problem where the compiler
> > in Eclipse compiled something and javac rejected it. And frankly, many
> > of my API writing sessions end up as trial and error.
> >
> > Stephen
> > PS. I know Scala does generics differently...no need to repeat that
> > fact...
> >
> > On Aug 6, 11:50 pm, Wildam Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 00:09, Kevin Wright <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > > > Unlike certain religions/cults, there's no limit on how many are
> > > > allowed to be enlightened here :)
> >
> > > The limit is the level of intelligence required to master the
> > > language. If only the 10 smartest people in the world are intelligent
> > > enough to master it, "enlightment" is limited to those. ;-)
> >
> > > --
> > > Martin Wildamhttp://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam
>
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