From: Alexander Kellett Date: 2005-02-15T01:55:59+09:00 Subject: Re: Printing why's (poignant) guide to ruby On Feb 14, 2005, at 5:48 PM, Kloubakov, Yura wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ruth A. Kramer [mailto:rhkramer@fast.net] >> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 11:14 >> >> Probably, but a = a + 1 was confusing for me when I first started >> programming (30+ years ago) (solving for a gives a = 1/2 ;-) >> >> Of course, I learned algebra a long time ago also, maybe today the > > I've learned algebra a long time ago too, but don't think there is > a solution for 'a' in this equation :) 1 = 1 + 1/a 0 = 1/a 0*a = 1 0 = 1 (or the much easier a - a = 1, 0 = 1, but thats more obviously stupid :P) but thats obvious ain't it? ;)