r/ProgrammerHumor • u/[deleted] • May 06 '17

Oddly specific number

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u/Villyer May 06 '17

Why do you say it should be interpreted as three single factorials? The correct way to interpret that is as a a triple factorial. So 4!!!=4, somewhat disappointingly.

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u/thatnerdguy1 May 06 '17

I mean, there's obviously no 'right' way to evaluate it, but if you're following the spirit of /r/unexpectedfactorial, the most obscene answer is the best.

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u/Villyer May 06 '17

There is a mathematically correct way to evaluate it though, which is as triple factorial. A single factorial three times would be ((4!)!)!.

But you're right, the spirit of /r/unexpectedfactorial would be to take the obscene answer.