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mannykannot on Jan 28, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Java Without If

Opaque control structures like if/then/else? They seem to be pretty clear when used in human languages.

chriswarbo on Jan 28, 2017 [–]

"Opaque" as in completely uninspectable, unknown and unknowable to the language itself; as opposed to methods, which can be discovered, inspected and manipulated via reflection.

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