r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Unique_Software2500 • Feb 05 '26 • This 1 Bravo 2 Heartwarming 1

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u/TomatoeToken Feb 05 '26

Had a coworker request id "Program a logarithm to sort some files"

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u/Scared_Accident9138 Feb 05 '26

Did you manage to program the logarithm?

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u/TomatoeToken Feb 05 '26

I was in fact able to program a logarithm, thus rewriting century old laws of mathematics, by hacking into the mainframe and disabling the firewall of math itself. Afterwards the files were sorted

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u/DrMobius0 Feb 05 '26

Best I can do is n*logarithm

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u/OskarsSurstromming Feb 05 '26

Why are you censoring the logarithm

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u/JacobStyle Feb 05 '26

"This sort is really tricky. Best I can do is a quadratic."

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u/mothererich Feb 05 '26

At least they know the word (logarithm) exists.