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submitted 2 weeks ago by slothrop@lemmy.ca to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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A wife tells her programmer husband: “Go to the store and buy a gallon of milk. If they have eggs, get six.”

He comes back with six gallons of milk. When she asks why, he replies: “They had eggs".

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[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 66 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The joke is bad because the husband is supposed to bring seven gallons of milk. Since the egg condition is checked after he already got one.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

No no, the imperative "get six" overrides the previous "buy a gallon of milk" if the "they have eggs" condition is met.

"get six" implies x === 6 not x = x + 6, that would be "get six more"

The real problem is that "buy" was only specified in the first case. Because the conditional was met, he should get six gallons of milk but not buy them.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Now just how did he procure the rest of the 5, is a mystery.

[–] mech@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

He cloned the supermarket.

[–] Captain_Faraday@programming.dev 9 points 2 weeks ago

Omg, you’re so right. I didn’t read it that way until you pointed that out.