can somebody please explain this c++ shirt

[whitesnow]

http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/unisex/itdepartment/9a0e/

[Incubbus]

Didn´t You read both descriptions?...

[jackabascal]

If it was in a program, it would say while variable, object, or enumeration succeed does not equal function try, repeat the loop. However, the syntax doesnt look like C++. but it's sort of close...

by the way, that shirt is pretty funny.

[Galik]

Its a C++ version of the old saying "If at first you don't succeed try, try again."

Or, "while try() didn't equal succeed keep doing it."

[whitesnow]

Oh alright so it's basically saying if your "try" did not "succeed" go again??



That's what I thought just worded confusingly and got me mixed up. Yeah I wanna buy it ahah.

[Kyon]

While you did not succeed
Try

Well, that would SEEM what it says in C++, but since it reads = instead of the equality CHECK (==).

[guestgulkan]

Most people would read it as if success is not equal to try - but the actual C++ test is carried out on the success variable - in other words - if success is not true thengo round the loop again.

It is not actually an equality test between success and the try() .

[helios]

the actual C++ test is carried out on the success variable

What C++? That's pure C.

[guestgulkan]

But still valid in C++

[Bazzy]

try is a reserved keyword in C++

[guestgulkan]

ah...

[whitesnow]

I am so confused, this is a hard shirt this is why I was confused!!

while success = try

since it's not == that means something ridiculous?

or can you please explain what try() does if it's nothing too crazy

[helios]

It's equivalent to

do
    succeed=try();
while (!succeed);

[Galik]

While success, being the result of your trying, fails; keep going.

[whitesnow]

ok nice that's what i was thinking thanks a lot ^