Re: Quirk with generics

On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:01:43 -0500, Lew <lew@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote,
quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :


You also don't need to be a "language lawyer" for this bit of elementary Java
knowledge. One could refer to the tutorials or the JLS to clear this up in a
jiffy.

That is correct. I often affect a way of speaking intended to make
newbies welcome to speak up. You usually like to do the opposite. You
get some perverse pleasure in putting newbies down. You usually
behave like some dominant meerkat. Grow up!


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