[Shacs] Java Triva

[David Burris]

It has been too long since we exercised the degree recall procedure.  We 
should really take advantage of this opportunity before we forget the 
process completely.  It would be best not to fiddle around forever!  :)

Dr. Tim McGuire wrote:
> Dr. B,
>
> I think we should retroactively revoke Mr. Motekaitis' degree until he 
> does some remedial work, and learns the difference between a nybble 
> and a byte.
>
> Agreed?
>
> TJM
>
> Bronius Motekaitis wrote:
>> I don't mean to bring this up again (just read it and saw the 
>> datestamp of Apr 7, over a week old), but I hope you two have made up 
>> since then..  :O
>>
>> Another, less discussed fact, is that that of the fifth byte of any 
>> Java code: it always falls in the range of 00-FF.
>>
>> Ok, I'm potentially revealing a weakness in my practice (not my 
>> education, mind you, just a "man it's been a long time since I dealt 
>> in byte-code"), but isn't a byte = 8bits = 0-F, not 00-FF?  Is this a 
>> difference in architecture that dictates this discrepancy?  If so, 
>> could Burris' original post have said, "Depending on architecture, 
>> the first 4 to 8 bytes is.."
>>
>> -bronius
>>
>>
>> On 4/7/07, *Dr. Tim McGuire* <csc_tjm at shsu.edu 
>> <mailto:csc_tjm at shsu.edu>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>     > The first four bytes in the header for Java class files are CA
>>     FE BA BE
>>     > in hexadecimal. There is an interesting connection between the
>>     café St.
>>     > Michael's Alley and the group the Grateful Dead. Note the first four
>>     > bytes spell "Café Babe." If you need help making the connection,
>>     speak
>>     > to Mr. Boyle.
>>
>>     Glad to see, Dr. B., that you are actually progressing in your
>>     feeble attempts at making computer science relevant.  First of
>>     all, you appropriate my void clint_eastwood(void); example. 
>>     (Your modifications, unfortunately, diminished its value.)  And
>>     now you're finally bringing up this example -- I've had my CS272
>>     students convert the first four bytes of a Java class file into
>>     hex as an exercise for several years now (supplementing the
>>     previous exercise of converting 12, 5655, 2550276, 76545336,
>>     3726755 from octal into hexadecimal.)
>>
>>     Welcome to the 21st century....  ;)
>>
>>
>>     TJM
>>
>>
>>     -- 
>>     Timothy J. McGuire, Ph.D.
>>     Department of Computer Science
>>     Sam Houston State University
>>     Huntsville, Texas 77341-2090
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David S. Burris, Ph.D., CCP, CSP
SHSU Articulation Coordinator
Computer Science
Sam Houston State University 77341-2090

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