A Coder In The Math Class

 

 

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[Richie Sevrinsky]

In what way is that a signed char? The numeric value is a float, and the string value would require Unicode.

[http://codedincantation.com/blog/]

LOL! HAhaha. Very impressive :-D
(http://codedincantation.com/blog/)

[Will]

Maybe just the lack of my first coffee (6:16 CET), but how could 3/4 be represented as a char? ^^;
Anyway the joke is a good one ^^

[h143570]

Signed char?! It should be a signed double because of the value assignment.

[DaanP]

to complete the joke, the value can not be 3/4 as this would be 0.75 (a value that can not be stored in a signed char).
If the math compare value would be any value between 0>255 it would be fine.
Offtopic: thanks for your work I enjoy them.

[Chris B.]

Shouldn't variable "a" be a signed float? The char is 8 bits and can contain only whole numbers only.

[M.]

Maybe the pun becomes more obvious when describing the "-a" as a "signed character"...

(And because the joke works on a purely symbolic level, it really doesn't matter whether it would be coercing a float value. But I agree that the "3/4" fraction value distracts a little from the actual joke.)

[Rd3]

I think that's totally correct. The young geek is not talking about the value that is stored in 'a' but about 'a' itself. 'a' is a character (therefor a "char") and has a minus in front of it (therefor "signed")
--> signed char

[Timo]

Well, 'a' is a char ... and it has a sign. A signed char. The teacher never asked about the 3/4.

[Wolf]

He doesn't know the answer so he sees the a with a minus in front - voila that's a signed char ;-)
(the way I see this joke)

[Paprika]

I agree with wolf :P it's definitely a signed char... lol :P

[Anon]

3/4 is not seen as 0.75, but '3','/','4'.

it should have been a string

[anon]

¾ is UTF 00BE.