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Re: Part Two of this. by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 05/27/2012, 9:51am PDT
Oom Shnibble wrote:

Someone on our team with "10 years of experience" couldn't figure out why he spent hours trying to do this but it wouldn't work :

private void DoWork()
{
A a = new A();
a.first = 1;

B b = (a as B);
}



You know, I don't even know C# and I can even see something here. Now, the first think I find strange is the A a = and B b = operations, last I heard if you declare two definitions you need some separator, so if they''re going to define a variable A and a, and a variable B and b, they have to have a comma or something to separate the two.

Second, it looks like he's instantiating a new instance of class A, while at the same time trying to assign a class of a coerced as class B without bothering to instantiate class B in the first place.

I'm just guessing here, again, I don't know C# but - apparently unlike your associate - I do know how to use a web browser and do research. And doesn't the guy have a manual? I mean, I did Visual Basic and SQL every day, I still had reference books on both because you can know a great deal, you can't know everything and a reference manual allows you to look up things. In one case I needed to do a certain thing in SQL, and while I didn't understand it (then) I used an example out of the book essentially verbatim, to at least get the job done. I did, however, make an effort to understand why it worked and what it did, and given that, I was able to do things with the concept.

A stupid person thinks they know everything. A smart person knows they don't know everything and to check out new ideas. A genius knows he's stupid and is always willing to learn new things.
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Jesus Fucking Christ. People. by Oom Shnibble 04/17/2012, 11:10pm PDT NEW
    Context? by Entropy Stew 04/18/2012, 12:57am PDT NEW
        Re: Context? by Oom Shnibble 04/18/2012, 1:43am PDT NEW
    I have some news for you, Om by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 04/18/2012, 1:07am PDT NEW
        Um by Fullofkitttens 04/18/2012, 5:14am PDT NEW
            This is correct. You're a much better programmer than TDARCOS by Entropy Stew 04/18/2012, 8:26am PDT NEW
                Oh, and storage space is also increased by Entropy Stew 04/18/2012, 8:36am PDT NEW
                    Using a tree structure is an overcomplicated method, at least now by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 04/19/2012, 10:22am PDT NEW
                        You're a disaster by Entropy Stew 04/19/2012, 1:06pm PDT NEW
                            I forgot to mention your insane touting of this as a better approach vs trees NT by Entropy Stew 04/19/2012, 1:35pm PDT NEW
                            Actually, I know what I'm doing. Do you what you are doing? by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 04/19/2012, 7:43pm PDT NEW
                                Your data structure is analogous to a hash table with 27 buckets by Entropy Stew 04/20/2012, 1:02am PDT NEW
                                    Re: Your data structure is analogous to a hash table with 27 buckets by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 04/20/2012, 5:43pm PDT NEW
                                        Get dunked, son by Entropy Stew 04/20/2012, 9:26pm PDT NEW
                                            Re: Get dunked, son by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 04/21/2012, 2:28am PDT NEW
                                                Oh Jesus I get it now. by The Happiness Engine 04/21/2012, 9:02am PDT NEW
                                                    Oh, it's just a really shitty skip list, then NT by Entropy Stew 04/21/2012, 9:26am PDT NEW
                                                There's more than one way to implement a hash table by Entropy Stew 04/21/2012, 10:40am PDT NEW
                                    His data structure is analogous to 27 buckets of shit. NT by Orange Devil Bat 05/12/2012, 9:13am PDT NEW
                        hey tansin by jeep 04/21/2012, 6:10pm PDT NEW
                            Re: hey tansin by Entropy Stew 04/22/2012, 6:07am PDT NEW
                                Re: hey tansin by jeep 04/22/2012, 8:10am PDT NEW
                                    you would not believe the fucking scrub phds I've been handed to work with by jeep 04/22/2012, 8:19am PDT NEW
                                        PhD is the rubber stamp indicating either greatness or utter uselessness by Entropy Stew 04/22/2012, 10:18am PDT NEW
                                            I've learned to avoid the master's ones altogether by jeep 04/22/2012, 6:36pm PDT NEW
                            Re: hey tansin by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 04/24/2012, 1:53am PDT NEW
                                Re: hey tansin by jeep 04/24/2012, 5:57am PDT NEW
            What is Pascal and why it is used by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 04/19/2012, 9:31am PDT NEW
                Pascal is a terrible tinkertoy dead programming language. NT by Too boring, didn't read 04/19/2012, 4:26pm PDT NEW
                Pascal/Delphi by Oom Shnibble 04/19/2012, 11:34pm PDT NEW
                    Also (Mini-rant) by Oom Shnibble 04/19/2012, 11:44pm PDT NEW
                        Re: Also (Mini-rant) by Dangerous Dave 04/20/2012, 7:20am PDT NEW
                            The schools around here (Big Ten) start with Python then go to C++. by Fullofkitttens 04/20/2012, 7:39am PDT NEW
                            Re: Also (Mini-rant) by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 04/20/2012, 6:22pm PDT NEW
                                Re: Also (Mini-rant) by Dangerous Dave 04/20/2012, 9:37pm PDT NEW
                                Re: Also (Mini-rant) by Entropy Stew 04/20/2012, 10:40pm PDT NEW
                        Re: Also (Mini-rant) by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 04/20/2012, 5:54pm PDT NEW
                            Re: Also (Mini-rant) by Entropy Stew 04/20/2012, 9:44pm PDT NEW
                                Re: Also (Mini-rant) by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 04/21/2012, 4:24pm PDT NEW
                                    Corection, I mean "one block of 511K free" in above article NT by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 04/21/2012, 4:24pm PDT NEW
                                    That's just a smart allocator. Even C has them by Entropy Stew 04/22/2012, 5:32am PDT NEW
                                        It's still automatic garbage collection by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 04/24/2012, 2:00am PDT NEW
                                            No it isn't, you ignorant motherfucker. How can you be wrong so often? by Entropy Stew 04/24/2012, 3:46am PDT NEW
                                                So you really think insulting someone is going to get them to listen to you? NT by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 04/27/2012, 5:37pm PDT NEW
                                                    Pretty sure he's serious about the ignorant part, maybe even the mother fucker! NT by Worm 04/27/2012, 6:04pm PDT NEW
                                                        I never fucked my mother. She charged too much. NT by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 05/10/2012, 6:07pm PDT NEW
                                                    OH GOD HIS FEELINGS NT by Entropy Stew 04/27/2012, 6:36pm PDT NEW
                                                SPOILERS: He so fucked up the cheeseburger. It's amazing, you should check it ou NT by The Happiness Engine 04/27/2012, 8:53pm PDT NEW
                    Re: Pascal/Delphi by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 04/20/2012, 5:34pm PDT NEW
        What the fuck does this have to do with pointers? NT by Entropy Stew 04/18/2012, 8:44am PDT NEW
            Re: What the fuck does this have to do with pointers? by Ice Cream Jonsey 04/18/2012, 9:07am PDT NEW
                Exactly right, Jonsey, you nailed it! by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 04/19/2012, 10:32am PDT NEW
                    I got yer back, Commander. NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 04/19/2012, 11:55am PDT NEW
                Counterpoint by Ray of Light 05/06/2012, 1:49pm PDT NEW
                    HAHAHAHAH by Entropy Stew 05/06/2012, 5:35pm PDT NEW
                        Re: HAHAHAHAH by jeep 05/10/2012, 6:41pm PDT NEW
                            also I hope you mean I don't sound like I went to school for cs by jeep 05/10/2012, 6:42pm PDT NEW
                                Neither did I NT by Entropy Stew 05/10/2012, 8:16pm PDT NEW
                                    Your degree is in scare quotes! NT by We Miss QB 05/10/2012, 8:33pm PDT NEW
                                    I did! NT by Scot Thompson, ex-Yahoo CEO 05/14/2012, 2:38am PDT NEW
                    Oh please, this has nothing to do with application development by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 05/10/2012, 6:44pm PDT NEW
                        Well I definitely feel safe now *hands over millions of credit card numbers* by Entropy Stew 05/10/2012, 9:36pm PDT NEW
                            Re: Well I definitely feel safe now *hands over millions of credit card numbers* by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 05/12/2012, 8:43am PDT NEW
                                You know less about security than you do data structures NT by Entropy Stew 05/12/2012, 4:11pm PDT NEW
                        Hi, my name is Ray by Ray of Light 05/14/2012, 1:49am PDT NEW
                            Re: Hi, my name is Ray by jeep 05/14/2012, 1:28pm PDT NEW
                            TDARCOS: wrong enough to summon Ray back from 2fort by Entropy Stew 05/14/2012, 6:19pm PDT NEW
                                Accessing one item at a time by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 05/16/2012, 3:28am PDT NEW
                                    Context: it matters NT by Entropy Stew 05/16/2012, 4:04pm PDT NEW
    Part Two of this. by Oom Shnibble 05/25/2012, 9:19am PDT NEW
        Re: Part Two of this. by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 05/27/2012, 9:51am PDT NEW
            What? Isn't the issue that you can't cast to an unrelated class? NT by Entropy Stew 05/27/2012, 1:34pm PDT NEW
                yes by Rafiki 05/27/2012, 1:58pm PDT NEW
                    I don't get how TDARCOS understood it was casting, then failed to understand the NT by Entropy Stew 05/27/2012, 2:05pm PDT NEW
                        I think I did get most of it by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 05/28/2012, 10:57pm PDT NEW
                            He is close enough for government work -nt- NT by Oom Shnibble 05/29/2012, 11:56am PDT NEW
    The Future of Perl NT by Kerr 02/21/2025, 2:37pm PST NEW
 
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