One for BiG D

[Ronin Storm]

I think what he means is that they are predictable in outcome, if you know the rules.

 

[BiG D]

How the hell does adding an int to a string make sense?

Surely you've heard of concatenation?! Which example isn't making sense to you?

 

[Nanor]

Give me Pascal, or give me death!

 

[elDiablo]

Give me Pascal, or give me death!

Death it is.

 

[Wol]

Death it is.

Seconded.

Languages which don't have types just end up with all kinds of buggery.

int i = 8;
print("My variable number is" + i.toString());

thats fairly easy to do, and keeps the fact that i is an int!

 

[BiG D]

thats fairly easy to do, and keeps the fact that i is an int!

Yeah, but here's the thing: why does it matter if i is an int or not?

 

[Ronin Storm]

Because "1" + "1" != 1 + 1 ...

 

[BiG D]

Right, but why are you storing an int as a string if you don't want it treated as a string, then?

 

[Wol]

Right, but why are you storing an int as a string if you don't want it treated as a string, then?

Eh. I've missed something here. The number is being stored as an int, not a string? but converted to a string when needed.

 

[BiG D]

Yes, that question was for Ronin.

For you: what is the benefit of having it explicitly declared an int, and then explicitly casted to a string? Why can't the computer handle that on its own?

 

[waterproofbob]

hahahaha this wasn't my plan when making this thread in the slightest but I love it.

Argue my code monkeys.

/me cackles like the wicked witch of the west.

I control you all in no way what so ever.

 

[Ronin Storm]

Yes, that question was for Ronin.

I want to know the difference in each case. "1" might be an ID that's actually in hex, which happens to equal integer 1 but that's happenstance. I want clarity over which I mean. Soft types get in the way of that clarity.

For you: what is the benefit of having it explicitly declared an int, and then explicitly casted to a string? Why can't the computer handle that on its own?

It can, in some cases. Implicit casting is available in C#. However, I highly recommend avoiding it because it's not what your maintenance programmer is expecting.

 

[BiG D]

Implicit casting is available in C#. However, I highly recommend avoiding it because it's not what your maintenance programmer is expecting.

There!

I think that's what it comes down to. You're not used to it, and it's rather contrary to everything you've already learned.

As I said in the shoutbox earlier, it's just another thing like memory management and garbage collection that many languages do automatically so the programmer can focus on programming.