Here is a quote from Absolute Java, 1st Ed, by Walter Savitch: "Note that with a static method, the class name serves the same purpose as a calling object. (It would be legal to create an object of ...
There was a time when the use of the word ain’t was widely considered unacceptable, at least in polite society. Indeed, at that time (and perhaps still today), many people did (and do) not consider ...
This article is excerpted from Rails for Java Developers, by Stuart Halloway and Justin Gehtland, with permission of The Pragmatic Programmers. All rights reserved ...