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Re:How many legs do ten elephants have, if two of them are l... by karateka on Monday December 25, 2023 @09:58PM (#38768576)
It’s kind of funny that they can more reliably spit out code that will give an answer than actually output the answer as text. I guess it’s a workaround that works well for many cases
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Re:How many legs do ten elephants have, if two of them are l... by bmicraft on Tuesday December 26, 2023 @06:37AM (#38770887)
Humans can also more reliably use a calculator (which is basically what python is) for big numbers than doing it in their heads. I think it makes sense.

This reminds me, I've had an alias for calc='python -ic "from math import *' for a long time now. It comes handy more often than you'd think.

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Re:How many legs do ten elephants have, if two of them are l... by fragmede on Tuesday December 26, 2023 @07:19AM (#38771154)
bc

or octave if you need some real power

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