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Re: being or not being?

by Roedy Green <see_website@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Apr 2, 2008 at 04:04 PM

On 2 Apr 2008 14:17:07 GMT, ram@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Stefan Ram) wrote,
quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

>      For example, when the expression
>      »java.lang.Thread.dumpStack()« is evaluated, the 
>      operation »java.lang.Thread.dumpStack()« is activated.
>
>      For example, when the expression
>      »java.lang.Thread.dumpStack()« is being evaluated, the 
>      operation »java.lang.Thread.dumpStack()« is being activated.

We were taught to avoid the passive voice.

But even more, avoid Pythonesque tautologies.

Your statement says something too obvious to bother saying.

-- 

Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
The Java Glossary
http://mindprod.com
 




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ram@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (S  2008-04-02 14:17:07 
Re: being or not being?
Roedy Green <see_websi  2008-04-02 16:04:13 
Re: being or not being?
Roedy Green <see_websi  2008-04-02 19:19:41 
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Roedy Green <see_websi  2008-04-02 16:08:09 
Re: being or not being?
Patricia Shanahan <pat  2008-04-02 09:10:31 
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Mark Space <markspace@  2008-04-02 09:43:53 
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ram@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (S  2008-04-02 22:19:35 
Re: being or not being?
Roedy Green <see_websi  2008-04-03 10:44:06 
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Roedy Green <see_websi  2008-04-03 10:49:26 
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ram@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (S  2008-04-03 11:56:24 
Re: being or not being?
Mark Space <markspace@  2008-04-03 10:05:13 
Re: being or not being?
Roedy Green <see_websi  2008-04-08 23:49:57 
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Roedy Green <see_websi  2008-04-08 23:47:54 
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ram@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (S  2008-04-09 00:14:31 
Re: being or not being?
Roedy Green <see_websi  2008-04-10 03:16:50 
Re: being or not being?
"John B. Matthews&qu  2008-04-02 16:39:20 

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