[ale] Introduction

[Jason Day]

On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 04:01:25PM -0500, Geoffrey wrote:
> >That wasn't me, I think it was Jason Vinson.
> 
> Oops, sorry.

No problem :)

> >int diff = '5' - '2';
> >
> >And diff becomes 3.
> 
> That works in java?

Yep.  The char data type has some interesting possibilities, because
it's the only unsigned data type in java.  So if you ever need to use a
16 bit unsigned short in java, char is your friend.

Jason
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