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Old Apr 19th, 2008, 1:30 PM   #15
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Re: To all you college grads?

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Originally Posted by redfiretruck View Post
And as a further response, i looked into C and the segment of coding I pretty much became confused as hell at was the memory shifting... (If i remember right, the >>> and <<< command). I may know how to remember strings and data and stuff well, but memory shifting is a totally confusing idea for me atm xD.
It's just moving the specific bits back and forth. Quite useful for bitmasks, when you want to see if a specific bit is set (e.g. use 1<<n).

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But as a second note, I LOVE C... I mean, people call vb and delphi rapid app creation but screw that... C has MANY convenient codes that are also rapid (to name a few that caught my attention, ++int and pow(int,int)... )
++ is handy, but most languages have pow supported somewhere in their base libraries (try Math.Pow for .NET). That said, have you tried building a UI in C yet? There's something to be said for rapid development. Also, C is a lot easier to write buggy code in (IMO).

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Also, as for college... From what i know a masters is 150 units/ba is 120 and aa is 60 correct? Well, if i get a BA might as well get a masters right? I mean, its only 30 extra units :O.
30 units in this case is still a full year. Personally, I went for the 1 year of income.
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