[geeks] Java as a first language

[Dan Duncan]

On Fri, 10 Nov 2006, Robert Brooke Gravitt wrote:
> StringBuffer shiva = new StringBuffer(vishnu.toString());
>
> I know who these two are from comparative religion class,  but how
> the hell am I supposed to know what this variable is used for?

One of the roles of Shiva is The Destroyer, so... garbage collection?

-DanD

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