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> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Schwartz, Alan
>
> My favorite scene was when the mathematician was asked how
> much is 9x7. With pencil to paper he answered 16. The
> generals used their calculators and came up with the same
> answer and then asked him "How do you know the answer will
> always be 16?"
Must be more of the "new math". I guess I missed the lecture wherein it
was taught that "x" as an operator means "arithmetic add" (but I
remember that "+" was used to signify "logical AND", and apparently
"overloading" hadn't been invented yet). Guess my calculator is
obsolete, too; it uses "X" for multiplication and "+" for addition.
-jc-
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