Thread: Second year paper.

Originally Posted by DavidP

Does Java allow the "$" character to be included in variable names? I've only seen that in PHP and BASIC...

Yes it does - or at least I use them because it to me tells me that variable is a $tring :-) my naming conventions are based on my experience of high-level BASIC and the way I program is usually influenced from my assembly language/machine code days (actually doing some good old 6502 at the moment).

As for the suggestion of not writing this paper - please don't worry, I'll keep everyone anonymous (which is kind of the point of forums anyway isn't it? That you don't have to use your real names). From a human psychology point-of-view, my professional background is in social science and not computer science; I'm retraining. So, the answers and opinions many of you have given have been both interesting and exactly what I'd expect to hear really.

Oh, and Mike Dailly's post here is an interesting read.

Cheers chaps!

Regards,

Shaun.

Originally Posted by ಠ_ಠ

*vomits*

Can I quote you on that...? Stupid question as I just have :-)

Regards,

Shaun.

Thanks for your responses, the paper is now written and submitted. As I don't know any of you personally, and as using forum names just didn't seem right to me, I used all quotes anonymously, mixed in with some views from a few professional programmers that I know and have met over the years.

I'll let you know what mark it gets; I'm hopeful of a pass and nothing more simply because the module I've written the paper for doesn't matter to me as it will not affect my continued studies in the next acedemic year. In other words, I wrote it as I wanted and made it fit the assignment brief as best I could. Anyone wanting to see a copy may PM me :-)

Regards,

Shaun.