>>> About how many non consultant java programmers are part of this group?
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> 42!
In base 13?
- Oliver
Alun Harford - 12 May 2006 16:23 GMT
>>>> About how many non consultant java programmers are part of this group?
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> In base 13?
Nobody writes jokes in base 13.
Alun Harford
jmcgill - 12 May 2006 17:52 GMT
>>>> About how many non consultant java programmers are part of this group?
>>> 17?
>> 42!
> In base 13?
Is "non consultant" a euphemism for "unemployed?"
>>> About how many non consultant java programmers are part of this group?
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> 42!
What is six times nine?
Robert Klemme wrote On 05/12/06 10:08,:
>>>About how many non consultant java programmers are part of this group?
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> 42!
Probably not quite that many. 42! is a little more
than 1.4e51, which exceeds the number of active Java
programmers on Earth by a comfortable margin.
(Definition of "a comfortable margin:" If every atom
in the oceans of the Earth, in its continents, its crust,
its core -- and oh, yes, in its inhabitants -- if every
single atom of the planet learned to program in Java there
would still be fewer than 42! Java programmers.)

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Oliver Wong - 12 May 2006 19:36 GMT
> Robert Klemme wrote On 05/12/06 10:08,:
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> single atom of the planet learned to program in Java there
> would still be fewer than 42! Java programmers.)
Well, the OP asked for an approximation "*ABOUT* how many", not an exact
figure...
- Oliver