#15246: add xkcd function to sage
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Reporter: mderickx | Owner:
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enhancement | Milestone: sage-duplicate/invalid/wontfix
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Comment (by kcrisman):
> I happen to think there is a valid reason to insert this easter egg: it
might earn Sage a mention in a future xkcd comic, which would be excellent
marketing. I can even imagine a "Droste effect" where one of the
characters uses Sage, mistypes the xgcd command and sees... him/herself.
Given that the author has already been interviewed in Math Horizons, I
think this is a definite possibility.
> My one complaint is the use of an NSFW doctest. Surely we can be less
immature than that! (This reminds me of the discovery of "B00B135" in some
shipped Microsoft code. Not helpful.)
Hmm, very good point. Although the specific comic itself is probably one
of the greatest ones out there for "pure" math types (though I was amazed
at the haters out there for this one). Maybe we can use the ... in the
title attribute of the img link? Or do you have a different comic
suggestion? I looked a few just now but the rest of the better math-
specific ones are (of course) somewhat more sub-discipline specific.
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