This is the famous interview where Gosling tells why he didn't add unsigned types to Java,
> Quiz any C developer about unsigned, and pretty soon you discover that almost no C developers actually understand what goes on with unsigned, what unsigned arithmetic is. Things like that made C complex. The language part of Java is, I think, pretty simple. The libraries you have to look up.
What does he actually mean by this? I've dabbled in C's specification and weird behaviour on multiple occasions but I have no clue what he is referring to.
pjmlp|6 months ago
> Quiz any C developer about unsigned, and pretty soon you discover that almost no C developers actually understand what goes on with unsigned, what unsigned arithmetic is. Things like that made C complex. The language part of Java is, I think, pretty simple. The libraries you have to look up.
atiedebee|6 months ago