RE: [GD-General] Java bitching

[Colin F. <cp...@ea...>]

>>>The problem here is that a byte in java is signed.

D'Oh!

I guess I've been conditioned to think of "byte"s as
8-bit values, not small signed integers.

Since "char" in Java is a signed 16-bit integer, I
guess they would have to make "byte" their signed
8-bit integer.

I'd rather that Java defined "byte" as "UN-signed 8-bit
integer", and "char" as "8-bit signed integer", and
"wchar" as "16-bit signed integer".  But everything in
Java is signed, and Java is so wildly popular that
redefining "byte" is impossible without the use of
a time machine and brain-washing equipment...Set the
coordinates to Sun's remote Java think-tank conference
room -- date: the day they decided to call "byte"
a signed 8-bit integer.  (Note to self: Bring the attache
case of money, and bet on sporting events.  Meet up
with the earlier "me" and tell him that 2001 is gonna
suck.  Don't step on the Butterfly in Beijing, or you'll
cause a catastrophic change in the Earth's climate,
disrupt the timeline, and send the planet spiraling
in to the Sun.)

But, as it is, I'm *glad* the compiler is doing the
"right thing".

--- Colin