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[Quick_Nick]

while (1)
{
     System.out.println("I know a song that gets on ");
     for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
         System.out.println("everybody's nerves, ");
     System.out.println("I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves, and this is how it goes... : ");
}

Does that even work?? while(1) shouldn't compile

 

[orb]

Does that even work?? while(1) shouldn't compile

It will compile. An alternative is while(true) which I sometimes use for making infinite loop for external debuggers (and 1 is "true").

 

[Linguofreak]

It will compile. An alternative is while(true) which I sometimes use for making infinite loop for external debuggers (and 1 is "true").

Actually it doesn't. I've been reading too much C recently, but I wrote that in Java. In Java you can't use an integer for a boolean.

test.java:5: incompatible types
found   : int
required: boolean
		while(1)
		        ^
1 error

 

[jimblah]

External debuggers

If you don't like winedbg you can use an external debugger.

 

[Quick_Nick]

Actually it doesn't. I've been reading too much C recently, but I wrote that in Java. In Java you can't use an integer for a boolean.

test.java:5: incompatible types
found   : int
required: boolean
		while(1)
		        ^
1 error

Wewt, I win.
Yep, gotta use var == 1 if you want a boolean from integer.

 

[Nistenf]

Well, it compiles on C++

 

[Linguofreak]

Wewt, I win.
Yep, gotta use var == 1 if you want a boolean from integer.

Even that wouldn't work here, as I didn't have any boolean variable declared. I was just trying to do "while(true)", but forgot which language I was programming in.

 

[Quick_Nick]

Even that wouldn't work here, as I didn't have any boolean variable declared. I was just trying to do "while(true)", but forgot which language I was programming in.

I know that. But you can maybe say 1 == 1.

 

[orb]

Actually it doesn't. I've been reading too much C recently, but I wrote that in Java. In Java you can't use an integer for a boolean.

Java? I thought you are talking about a "real" language.
In this case, my external debugger wouldn't even work with the compiled program.

 

[Linguofreak]

Java? I thought you are talking about a "real" language.
In this case, my external debugger wouldn't even work with the compiled program.

I'm not altogether happy with Java myself, but it's the first programming language I learned, so I have tons of entrenched Java habits, and it tends to be my go-to language whenever I want to write a quick project up from scratch (as I don't have to google as much stuff to write a valid program).

And it has just enough syntactic sugar to make C and C++ feel tedious enough in comparison that I'm only have motivated to learn them...

 

[Quick_Nick]

I'm not altogether happy with Java myself, but it's the first programming language I learned, so I have tons of entrenched Java habits, and it tends to be my go-to language whenever I want to write a quick project up from scratch (as I don't have to google as much stuff to write a valid program).

And it has just enough syntactic sugar to make C and C++ feel tedious enough in comparison that I'm only have motivated to learn them...

So far, I dwell almost exclusively in the world of Java.
And, about that code, there's probably other problems too. Infinite loops using while tend to try to keep the thread working as long as possible, probably causing freezes. Besides that, there will be so many output strings backed up that it would probably freeze from that too, whether it ever prints anything at all or not. (println takes insane amounts of time)

 

[jimblah]

Over two million lines of code to play with...

http://wiki.jswindle.com/index.php/Want_to_be_a_Wine_Coder?
:thumbup:

 

[Spacethingy]

What the...?!

MS Office files are just zip files with renamed extensions!

:facepalm::rofl:

 

[Izack]

What the...?!

MS Office files are just zip files with renamed extensions!

:facepalm::rofl:

Not exactly, though many zip programs can open them.

 

[Wishbone]

Breaking backward compatibility is One Microsoft Way.

 

[Linguofreak]

So far, I dwell almost exclusively in the world of Java.
And, about that code, there's probably other problems too.

I've got it running in the background as I write, and there's no evidence of problems yet. Aside from the "while(1)" deal it compiled without problem.

Infinite loops using while tend to try to keep the thread working as long as possible, probably causing freezes.

Probably an implementation-specific issue. On my setup it's not even maxing out one CPU, and gnome-terminal is taking up more CPU time than the Java process.

Besides that, there will be so many output strings backed up that it would probably freeze from that too, whether it ever prints anything at all or not. (println takes insane amounts of time)

Nothing froze in several minutes of run time. The only reason the program ever stopped was that I got bored and hit Ctrl-C.

I/O in general takes insane amounts of time. And even that proceeds at lightning speeds compared to the reactions of the meatbag sitting at the keyboard.

 

[DanM]

I just had a weird flashback to when I was struggling with math homework in sixth grade. I had such a hard time that I wanted to give up, so my dad was trying to motivate me and said "What woud Werner Von Braun do?"

I said "He'd stop doing his homework and just strap a bunch of rockets to his wagon and go into town."

 

[Artlav]

Random thought - would showing controls on screen benefit Orbiter's newbie-friendliness?
Something like that:

 

[Wishbone]

Random response: It sure would. The font does look annoying though, bringing back the memories of bitmap fonts in my first Linux installation...

 

[Artlav]

The font does look annoying though

I envy people who could tell fonts apart...
For me they're all the same, and arial is as readable as comic sans.
This post is written in one font as far as i'm concerned.

They're letters. What could their shape change?