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Nick |
Message |
| 00:00 |
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pdurbin |
name wants a String |
| 00:00 |
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pdurbin |
name doesn't want an Integer or anything else |
| 00:01 |
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pdurbin |
The compiler enforces this for you. |
| 00:02 |
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Jantz |
so in line 5 name as an argument is fully allowed to take/connect to another argument in another method easily? |
| 00:02 |
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Jantz |
thanks by the way |
| 00:05 |
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pdurbin |
Sure, you could create a sayGoodbye method that also passes a string to println. |
| 00:08 |
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Jantz |
also wondering if i want to know whats going on under the hood with specific programming flow/underlyings should i learn how a compiler works or the JVM or bytecode or machine code?? or none and just focus on the Rulings that stipulate/rule the workings of Java? |
| 00:10 |
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pdurbin |
Well, I think Java is written in C. Complicated C from what I hear. You might want to study the inner workings of a different language. |
| 00:10 |
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pdurbin |
It all depends on what your goal is. |
| 00:11 |
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Jantz |
ok cool pdurbin i think ill go back to C seems like the fastest apps are made with it too |
| 00:11 |
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Jantz |
programs* most used anyways |
| 00:12 |
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pdurbin |
ok |
| 00:22 |
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Jantz |
i am having fun with java though |
| 00:24 |
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pdurbin |
Cool. Me too. I thought I'd hate it but it's fine. |
| 00:33 |
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Jantz |
pdurbin: have you ever done any competitive programming? |
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| 07:21 |
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aditsu |
Jantz: I have done competitive programming |
| 07:22 |
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aditsu |
Jantz: when you call sayHello("David"), execution enters sayHello with name="David", sayHello method is called and the argument "David" is passed |
| 07:26 |
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aditsu |
Jantz: studying C will help you get closer to "whats going on under the hood", especially pointers and arrays |
| 08:03 |
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Jantz |
rightyo thanks aditsu |
| 10:24 |
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pdurbin |
Jantz: no, I haven't done any competitive programming. aditsu definitely has, like he said. |
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| 11:33 |
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aditsu |
you should try it, it's fun :) |
| 11:56 |
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pdurbin |
maybe when my kids go off to college :) |
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| 18:43 |
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nanoz |
aditsu, you were using java for CP contest right? |
| 18:45 |
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aditsu |
CP? |
| 18:50 |
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pdurbin |
competitive programming |
| 18:51 |
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aditsu |
so.. competitive contest? :p |
| 18:51 |
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aditsu |
anyway, yes I've used java and several other languages |
| 18:55 |
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pdurbin |
all the languages, if memory serves |
| 18:55 |
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aditsu |
nah, not all of them :) |
| 19:33 |
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nanoz |
<pdurbin> all the languages, if memory serves :D |
| 19:33 |
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nanoz |
pdurbin, you do foo on CP? |
| 19:33 |
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nanoz |
for CP! |
| 20:43 |
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pdurbin |
I don't do CP. I just try to keep up with my kids when they have feature requests for HTML5 games we make. :) |
