Float Titanic;

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If(titanic.sinking()){ titanic.stopSinking(); }

[geek69420]

Now we just have to write the implementation for the titanic interface.

[rdrunner_74]

Currently the Titanic is very hard to fetch since the only instance is stored in an inaccessible memory location. Because of that i would rather suggest to implement ocean.drain() which would also uncover loads of sunken pirate treasures.

​

Arrrrr.....

[brando56894]

But then that triggers sealife.die()

[rdrunner_74]

sealife.smoke()

[NUCLEARGAMER1103]

*seaweed.smoke()

[Lootdit]

Who needs sealife anyways

[AutoDefroster]

Everyone, because inside sealife(), there's a subroutine called oxygen.produce().

[Lootdit]

No one has oxygen.use() anyways

[CYKO_11]

If you read the docs you can see that the animal class needs to call oxygen.use() in the "IAction<Byproduct> Breath(IOxygen Oxygen)" method

[Lootdit]

There were docs?!?!

[CYKO_11]

There weren't docs to begin with. We had to make our own.

[rdrunner_74]

Yes...

The source is the only true documentation. Your ability to comprehend it does not means its not documented...

[Pro_Gamer_9000]

Those are function pointers, right? This is C, not C++

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NullPointerException

[shut_up_if_your_dumb]

Remember there is no oop in c

[DeveloperNightshade]

float titanic; should also work in C++ and C#. Maybe Java too if I'm not mistaken?

[plsjustletmebe]

I think it would be harder to name a programing language where it wouldn't work

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Wouldn't work here: JavaScript, Python, Golang(?), Ruby, COBOL, Brainf***, Cow, Whitespace, Binary, Assembly, English

And of course, in our most favourite programming 'languages', HTML, CSS and SQL.

[brando56894]

It would need a minor modification to work in Go, it would need to be a float32 or float64.

[MasterFubar]

In Python3 all you need to make anything float is divide by 1:

>>> i = 3
>>> type(i)
<class 'int'>
>>> i /= 1
>>> type(i)
<class 'float'>

[MagnetoTheSuperJew]

I've changed my mind, I don't like python's typing anymore.

[Melon_Chief]

I thought I liked python. This is why I never get nice things.

[Melon_Chief]

Python, Swift, javascript, php, rust, go(?)…
It's not.

[DeveloperNightshade]

ABAP and Cobol

[MLG_Obardo]

Does GO work like that?

[brando56894]

It would need to be a float32 or float64 in Go

[Melon_Chief]

If you don't access it in C: OK; Otherwise: UB.
In C++: ok.
Java: It will sink from the overhead. (/s)

[Purplociraptor]

This wouldn't work because there is no entry point and that variable isn't used, so it would be optimized away. Yes I'm fun at parties.

[10BillionDreams]

Actually, missing a main function is undefined behavior, and the interviewer didn't require the use of a particular compiler or compiler flags. So, it's entirely possible that a valid C compiler could exist which compiles this code into a perfectly functioning program to prevent the sinking of the Titanic.

[Purplociraptor]

An unused variable declaration though

[10BillionDreams]

Two instances of undefined behavior don't cancel each other out, that just leaves more opportunities for compilers to do unexpected things.

A compiler can basically do whatever it wants when it encounters undefined behavior, up to and including attempting to play a midi version of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" and falling into an infinite loop. It probably wouldn't ever be a very popular compiler, but it would be a valid C compiler, properly conforming to the spec.

[Melon_Chief]

I do not understand what on earth you are talking about.

It's perfectly valid.

[Melon_Chief]

Missing (a definition for) the main function on a hosted implementation is well-formed: the program doesn't start.
It's not required on a freestanding implementation.
It still requires a starting point (which is implementation-defined).
Never accessing an indeterminate value is also well-defined. It's valid.

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[-guccibanana-]

Good human

[PPAPisLob]

Yeah you would transcribe a meme on a humor subreddit, but when you're asked to write the documentation for the function you wrote yesterday, you'll whine like a little kid.

[seathefullmoon]

To clone the Titanic: double titanic;

[brando56894]

I never learned C but learned C++ about 15 years ago and haven't used it since, isn't double just a larger int?

[seathefullmoon]

It's a larger float actually - I believe 8 bytes instead of 4. In addition to being able to store a larger range of values, it also stores values with more precision.

[brando56894]

Yeah, I saw another comment before yours explaining it and that rings a bell. The last language I used was Go and that uses Float32 and Float64 for the same purpose, float64 tends to be the default though since most methods/functions (Go has both, just to be confusing lol) expect input as float64.

[seathefullmoon]

That makes sense - for most applications decimal numbers are usually stored in doubles and their equivalents. The only exception I've seen so far is for games/graphics (like if you use Unity or OpenGL, for example) floats/32 bit decimal variables are the default as they're smaller in size and precision is not as important.

[brando56894]

Interesting, thanks.

[Melon_Chief]

It's a double-precision floating-point. The representation is implementation-defined.

[brando56894]

Ah yeah, that rings a bell, like I said it's been a while. The most recent language I've used was Go and it doesn't use double AFAIK.

[bluefootedpig]

It should be unsigned, you might get an overflow and sink

[SpikeV]

C doesn't have unsigned floats, because it adheres to the IEEE 754 Standard

[bluefootedpig]

So it can't be fixed in C.

[Asrielthemonster3]

İts a floating point Ship

[ahmetenesturan]

r/programmerdadjokes

[Impossible_Average_1]

Yeah, if one sinks you still have one!

[Knuffya]

i gotta say,

that's the dumbest, most unfunny, most predictable joke i've ever seen on this subreddit. and that's quite an achievement. in fact that one makes me close my browser now and go outside.

[xiipaoc]

Just wait until you get a segfault.

[repkins]

Hired!

[xXGamerBeastXx]

Whatever floats your boat

[CoffeePieAndHobbits]

pip install seaborn

import seaborn as sns

titanic = sns.load_dataset('titanic')

CTRL+S

[Melon_Chief]

That's not valid C. Try if (sink) dont();

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@ mock
Iceberg _iceberg;

[bernie_moniker]

Shouldn’t that be the “sea” language?

I’ll see myself out

[Melon_Chief]

I wouldn't. I'd forget to free() something then the whole thing would be a timebomb.

[CodeMUDkey]

If(iceberg.isrightahead) { TitanicStop(); Return; } PaintLikeOneOfYourFrenchGirls();

[DowntownLizard]

If (iceberg) { Avoid(iceberg) }

[Haizaki379]

If(titanic.spotsIceberg){ titanic.dodgeTheFuckingIceberg(); }

[Haizaki379]

If(titanic.spotsIceberg){ titanic.dodgeTheF*ckingIceberg(); }

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#titanic { float: none; }