On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Rogatkin, Dmitry M wrote:
> I agree with Chris. I had a similar problem, and couldn't resolve
> it. I didn't post a message to the list, because knew that it's off
> topic. On my luck, somebody else asked about it to the list, so now
> I resoved my problem. If the author the queation got personal
> answers, I couldn't resolve my problem. So why if we have an
> off-topic question in the non moderated list, every one have to see
> an answer.
I already responded to Chris by email, so I'll be brief here:
1. Yes you could've resolved your problem even if the answers were
sent privately: You could've sent email to that person asking them if
they got any helpful responses or otherwise figured out a solution.
How difficult is that? Of course, you and/or that other person
could've posted the question to a relevant list/newsgroup in the first
place and gotten the answer there.
2. No, every one does not *have* to see an answer to an off-topic
question. The most considerate thing is that *neither* off-topic
questions or answers should be posted to the list.
I'm sorry, this list can't be all things to all people, and people
posting *and* responding to off-topic questions is only making it
worse.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Chris Pratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 2:34 PM
> Subject: Re: GURUS : NEEDED -- Bucket class
>
>
> > The reason I'm on the list is to help people when I can, and get help when
> I
> > need it. Although I agree that the list should try to stay as on topic as
> > possible, there are occaisions that things wander. I'd rather answer the
> > question once in public than twenty times privately to the end user. I
> > notice that you posted this off-topic reply to the board, which seems just
> > as bad as my replying to the needs of one of our board members on line.
> > (*Chris*)
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Milt Epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 2:06 PM
> > Subject: Re: GURUS : NEEDED -- Bucket class
> >
> >
> > > If you're going to respond to this totally off-topic question, please
> > > do it privately and not on the list.
> > >
> > > On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Chris Pratt wrote:
> > >
> > > > GURUS : NEEDED -- Bucket classIf I were you, I'd use a Hashtable and,
> > when things are inserted into the table, create a Vector to hold the data
> > values. The put and get code could go something like this:
> > > >
> > > > public void put (Object key,Object val) {
> > > > Vector values = table.get(key);
> > > > if(values == null) {
> > > > values = new Vector();
> > > > values.addElement(val);
> > > > table.put(key,values);
> > > > } else {
> > > > values.addElement(val);
> > > > }
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > public Vector get (Object key) {
> > > > return (Vector)table.get(key).clone();
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > (*Chris*)
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: Jay Baker
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 1:27 PM
> > > > Subject: GURUS : NEEDED -- Bucket class
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > OK gurus ;)
> > > >
> > > > We are in need of a class that acts like a bucket. That is,
> something
> > like a hash table, but does NOT get overwritten if another object with the
> > same key is added. The same key must allow multiple values.
> > > >
> > > > And here is the catch, it has to be 1.1 compatible. But don't worry
> > about that too much. Can anybody help me out with a data structure like
> > this?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance.
> > > >
> > > > Jay Baker
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
Milt Epstein
Research Programmer
Software/Systems Development Group
Computing and Communications Services Office (CCSO)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
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