Re: From the Java Specification. Why o why o why do they write this way?

From:
Eric Sosman <esosman@acm-dot-org.invalid>
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comp.lang.java.help
Date:
Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:18:57 -0400
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Reporter wrote:

On Apr 2, 8:41 am, Eric Sosman <esos...@acm-dot-org.invalid> wrote:

Reporter wrote:

17.4.4 Synchronization Order
Every execution has a synchronization order. A synchronization order
is a total order over all of the synchronization actions of an
execution.

(2) What is a "synchronization action"?

     The actual text doesn't say "synchronization actions,"
but "synchronization actions (?17.4.2)." Even Watson would
recognize this as a Clue!


Your responses were totally useless. Why did you bother to post? Do
you know what a "synchronization action" is?


     Which part of the DEFINITION of "synchronization action"
given in ?17.4.2 are you having trouble with?

If so, be a fricking
human being and explain.


     I'm sorry; this material is a little above the "See Spot run"
level. I lack the imagination to dumb it down to something that
could be understood by a person without the wit to follow a link.

--
Eric Sosman
esosman@acm-dot-org.invalid

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