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From: Andreas Leitgeb on 29 Jun 2010 03:05
Lew <lew(a)lewscanon.com> wrote:
>>>> And of course, it goes without saying that:
>>>> Hand.getBird().equals(Collections.asList(Bush.getBird(), Bush.getBird()))
>>> That works as a pun, but as Java code would fail to yield 'true' under
>>> conformant implementations of 'equals()'.
>> I forgot to mention that Bird implements List<Bird>. Weird, but there you
>> go.
> [...] Besides, it's not true that a bird in
> the hand is *equal to* two in the bush, it's that a bird in the hand
> is *worth* two in the bush.

The German variant of that proverb would amount to:

hand.getTheSparrow().preferenceLevel() > roof.getTheDove().preferenceLevel()

PS: I wouldn't trade a bird in my hand even for three birds in the bush...
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