• dactylotheca
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    1964 months ago

    Doctor of Computer Science

    stringly-typed "100%"

    yeah that tracks.

    • @vala@lemmy.world
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      1274 months ago

      Calls a static method on the OldMan class instead of the instance of oldMan that is actually dying.

      • David From Space
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        4 months ago

        Tonight's story: Every man older than OldMan.getMinimumAge() has been in perfect *unchanging* health for the last few months‽ To find out why, stay tuned! Our experts chime in to help you understand....

          • Kogasa
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            34 months ago

            Yeah, properties (like a field but with a getter and/or setter method, may or may not be backed by a field) are PascalCase

            • robotica
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              34 months ago

              How is OldMan a property here? It’s clearly the name of a class

                • robotica
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                  14 months ago

                  Yes I know, I’ve coded in .NET before, but so are class names.

                  • Kogasa
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                    14 months ago

                    Okay, but this makes more sense as an instance method rather than a static one