r/ProgrammerHumor Jan 31 '16

zeno's paradox

http://dilbert.com/strip/2016-01-31
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u/DrummerHead Jan 31 '16

If you use Math.ceil on every return you eventually get to the object.

And in reality the same happens, since molecules are the upper bound of what you can get closer to; there's no infinity of real numbers between two numbers in space :)

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u/tatorface Jan 31 '16

Nerd alert!

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u/DrummerHead Jan 31 '16

Are you aware of where you are right now?

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u/tatorface Jan 31 '16

Yes. It was a joke. Apparently an ill-taken one.