Array conventions...

[Aziz]

Which would be proper?

int[] nums;

or

int nums[];

[wtd]

The former.

[Aziz]

thought so. the book i'm reading (killer game programming in java) uses the latter, along with other forms I don't really like :S (like typing methods public void run( ) , notice the space). I've wondered it for a while, though.

[wtd]

Probably written by someone who thinks knowing C means knowing Java. Not that knowing C is necessarily bad for an aspiring Java programmer.

[Krabjuice]

Remember, you're making an array of that type. Not an array of that name >_>

[McKenzie]

int nums[] is the old C style way of doing it. I know they allow it in Java to make that transition easier for C programmers. What don't understand is why people who are teaching Java, like your book, still use the old style when they know it is frowned upon. I've seen a University prof do the same thing.

[Aziz]

Poopey people. I've got my programming college program starting up in september, i hope they're not gonna start us off with newbie things (though they probably will). it'll be breasy anyways, i guess

[wtd]

Pay attention to the "newbie" stuff anyway. They might say something it would benefit you to know.

[Aziz]

Yeah, i've taken the (basically) same course in highschool 3 times. Well, each course had no prerequisits, so he started basic. I had already done the assigments the year before. Each time I usually make them more effecient, prettier, and a whole lot frikkin' needer. Not to mention, I was just reading you're Java tut, and I'm learning niftah things too. Not afraid to learn (or experiment, be glad I'm not going into chemistry)