Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jim Janney Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: unchecked conversion warning. Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:02:10 -0600 Organization: he sent them word I had not gone Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <3s7cs7hd18l0ffci55ns0286n4lc4cutlu@4ax.com> <24hfs7hqsr75jmqgk87jcpfg85kif7nhuo@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="dZdavj/jUDynNQgDq5jkeA"; logging-data="13672"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/jDBnBEPzzRrISoPeugaAJ" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:6tnSmX4nWNk0uTVE0NyVbzG5Uj4= sha1:M3kk+mv/8uBBs2T3MjMJEBxHy90= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:14987 Patricia Shanahan writes: > On 6/1/2012 7:41 AM, Jim Janney wrote: >> Eric Sosman writes: >> >>> (JavaDoc is both a blessing and a curse: It's a blessing in that >>> developers *are* encouraged to write documentation, and it's a curse >>> in that *developers* are encouraged to write documentation. ;) >> >> If I ever found myself screening applicants for a programming job (not >> something that's ever likely to happen) I would be very tempted to ask >> them to write a short essay. If you can write clearly then I know you >> can think clearly too. >> > > Help! I hate writing English essays, and was never very good at it. > > Perhaps I picked the wrong career, but it's a little late now that I'm > retired on the proceeds of my ill-chosen career path. I needed to know > that I would not be good at programming back in 1970. If your writing in this group is any example, you wouldn't have any trouble passing. -- Jim Janney