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Topic: Is it possible that 3+4=8?
Replies: 21   Last Post: Jan 29, 2011 9:06 AM

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Joshua Cranmer

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Re: Is it possible that 3+4=8?
Posted: Jan 24, 2011 8:27 PM
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On 01/24/2011 02:50 PM, hagman wrote:
> Errare humanum est - what is the smallest number result
> where we are absolutely sure to do the calculations right?

Probably about 3 or 4, the number to which we can count preattentively.

>> --
>> Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not
>> tried it. -- Donald E. Knuth
>
> What a perfect quote matching this ;)

Indeed.

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Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not
tried it. -- Donald E. Knuth

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