Thread: What's up with Java programmers, anyway?

Originally Posted by cyberfish

casting to smaller types ("if (a = 5)")

Perhaps more accurately, implicit conversion to types with a smaller range, since one can still type cast explicitly, or in your example, write "if ((a = 5) != 0)" (though either way it looks like a (potential) bug to me ).

Has C++ just made us better programmers - more inquisitive, pushing our minds to the limits, always searching for better insight, while Java programmers brains turn to jell-o due to non-exposure to the 'low-level details'?

Java, being a RAD language, attracts sloppy people. Additionally, more "inquisitive" programmers will soon turn to more sophisticated languages.

"Java is C++ without the guns, knives, and clubs."
-- James Gosling

Greets,
Philip