[ale] OT, but not as OT as recent stuff (JAVA)

[Jason Day]

On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 02:55:09PM -0500, Geoffrey wrote:
> Okay Java gurus, I've come to the conclusion Java was designed to drive 
> you insane whenever you need to convert types.  I'm trying to take two 

Yes.  Also whenever you need to use Dates, or manipulate low-level bytes
(which are *signed*, btw).

> java.lang.Objects which are a series of numbers subtract one from the 
> other and store the result in a long value.  I've tried:
> 
> (long)theObject
> (Long)theObject
> Long.parseLong(theObject)

Need more info.  What exactly do you mean by "series of numbers"?  What
exactly is theObject?  String?  Long?  long?  int?  How is theObject
declared?  How does it get its value?
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