From: Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>
Date: 2006-05-12T12:37:29+09:00
Subject: Re: conversion issues


On May 11, 2006, at 10:43 PM, Daniel Harple wrote:

> On May 12, 2006, at 4:27 AM, corey konrad wrote:
>
>> how about this cin>> = num, lol i dont know ruby seems like a  
>> trade off
>> to me so far. i am just trying to understand all this hype about  
>> it. I
>> mean every book i am reading says its the best most awesome  
>> easiest to
>> use, just like using natural language, its elegant and beautiful  
>> and it
>> will make you cry because its so easy to use, etc etc. I am having a
>> hard time understanding that. If its true i would like to see it  
>> at some
>> point.
>
> Yes, I am too currently looking for a language worthy of my "what  
> is your favorite number" program. I guess ruby is just 260,000  
> lines of hype.
>
> def favorite_number
>   print "what is your favorite number? "
>   puts "#{gets().to_i + 1} is better"
> end
>
> -- Daniel
>

I agree completely. Java is much better for the my favorite number  
program:

% cat favorite_number.java
import java.io.*;

class FavoriteNumber {
   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
     BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader 
(System.in));
     String num;
     System.out.print("What's your favorite number? ");
     num = in.readLine( );
     String better_num = (new Integer(Integer.parseInt(num) +  
1)).toString();

     System.out.println(better_num + " is better.");
   }
}

See?

And it's so intuitive!