If the relationship between the two classes were one of reference rather than of inheritance, then the error would be thrown on the first active use of a, rather than during the loading of a.

如果两个类之间的关系是引用关系而不是继承关系，那么会在第一次使用a时抛出错误，而不是在装入a时抛出。

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The way to get there is to let new architects learn software architecture at school rather than try-and-error in the battlefield.

达到这个目标的方法是让新的架构师在学校学习软件架构而不是在实战中不断的尝试和出错。

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Of course, the yellow results from the JSP tags and code, rather than any real error in the page.

当然，黄色内容来自于JSP标记和代码，而不是页面出现了什么真正的错误。

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Hull showed the greater endeavour and desire in the opening stages, but their their opening goal was very much a result of individual error rather than attacking brilliance.

BBC: Hull 2-2 Man City

The most likely explanation, he says, is an undiscovered error, rather than a breakdown in the laws of gravity.

ECONOMIST: A space oddity

"Universal health care" was neither already established nor inevitable, and we thought the foundation had made a serious philosophical and strategic error in accepting rather than disputing the left-liberal notion that the provision of "quality, affordable health care" to everyone was a proper role of government.

WSJ: ObamaCare's Heritage