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Thread: Hello Java_enthousiastics !

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    Default Hello Java_enthousiastics !

    Hello Everybody ,

    As a retired programmer ( started my carreer in the punched-card-age: Yes that old ! ) and now programming for fun mostly in C on Linux-machines , I want to delve into the Java-scene .

    At first sight this seems a piece-of-cake , taking into considiration the syntax-simularities between C /C++ and Java !

    But alas : As one tries to produce some simple basic apps (p.e printing-out the partition-table in the MBR) under Java , a C-programmer stumbles upon a forest (jungle?) of IO-classes , and pointers ... where are the pointers ?

    I think the learning-curve will be pretty steep , learning new tricks , and forgetting the old-ones , will be hardest part !

    Thanks for all the expertise I'll find in this forum .

    Greetz!

    Erics

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    Default Re: Hello Java_enthousiastics !

    Welcome. I have also worked with punched cards and JCL on IBM machines.
    In java other than primitives, all variables are pointers.
    Yes the number of I/O classes is overwhelming.
    If you don't understand my answer, don't ignore it, ask a question.

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    Default Re: Hello Java_enthousiastics !

    Welcome to the forum. And yes, you will find this forum very useful and find some great lot of expertise here. Probably you may be able to share with us your expertise and your experience too by helping and doing the needful.

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