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[PTTG??]

for all b12ers out there who are into c++, remember: don't capitalize main().
it's just wrong. don't do it.
don't capitalize main().

never, ever, ever write this:

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int Main()
{
...ever.

[Tormy]

Interesting, but what the heck is this? 

[Willfor]

It's good advice is what it is.

[eerr]

and if you want to make videogames and don't know c, but do know java, just forget it.

java is limited to 68 megabytes of memory.

[SolarShado]

java is limited to 68 megabytes of memory.

Are you sure? I've never heard that.

Also: @PTTG:  I've been known to do that, java doesn't like it either. I doesn't like "Public static void main(String[] arg)" either.

[Tahin]

Every single programming language in existence that is written for adults is case sensitive. Get used to it.

[SolarShado]

Every single programming language in existence that is written for adults is case sensitive. Get used to it.

True, but it doesn't make those stupid little typos any less anoying.

[JoshuaFH]

Can someone explain the joke to someone that is programming illiterate?

[SolarShado]

Can someone explain the joke to someone that is programming illiterate?

The method (named chunck of code) that is called (run) automaticly when the program starts is "main". If you accidently name it "Main" instead, it'll still compile (or it Java it will), but you'll get an arror when you try to run the program.

[PTTG??]

In C++ it will fail to compile, but throws an error that will send you digging through code for hours. Naturally, while other errors can tell you what line they are on, if the compiler can't find main() (even though it CAN find Main(), it just doesn't know what to do with it), it doesn't know where the problem is.

[Rysith]

java is limited to 68 megabytes of memory.

This is blatantly false. I've run Java programs in 3GB heaps for fun. 32-bit Java is restricted to 1.5GB of memory or so, but as long as you're running on a 64-bit machine you have, for all practical purposes, no limit on how much memory you can use.

Now, default heap size used to be (a long, long, time ago) 64mb, which coupled with the non-heap parts would be about 68MB. But blaming the default heap sizes for your out of memory errors is just stupid.

[SolarShado]

java is limited to 68 megabytes of memory.

This is blatantly false.

Good to hear.

I've run Java programs in 3GB heaps for fun.

0_o I once made a program that'd recurse infinately, for fun. Got a StackOveflowException.

[Dasleah]

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def MAiN():
     print "Python <3"

MAiN()


[Muz]

Don't write Main()?

Heck, I know some people who use variables called x,y,z,X,y2, znew, z_, Z, ZZ...

Those people should be banned from programming.

[Duke 2.0]

 Well, the x and y variables are allowed for learning a language and programs small enough that you can read the entirety of the code in five minutes. Now if a program gets beyond a small test of a concept, then you can start complaining.