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The oldest joke in programming history (self.programmer_humor)

submitted 2 years ago by Feyter to c/programmer_humor

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A women sent her kid that was into programming to the grocery store and told it:

"Please buy 1 bottle of milk if they have eggs buy 2"

The kid returned with just 2 bottles of milk. When it's mom ask why it bought 2 bottles of milk, the kid said:

"Because they had eggs"

... Was the kid right?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I always think this joke is more of a linguistics/grammar joke than programming. The kid resolves the ambiguity in the ellipsis incorrectly, but why is this a programmer joke?

[–] Feyter 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes the joke is definitely on human language and not on programming but I think programmer can be relate here. At least I feel this joke is made in every computer science ground class ever.

[–] Navigate 4 points 2 years ago

I suppose it demonstrates the ambiguity of human language and need to formalize things for computers

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I heard this joke in Spanish, but the meaning is a bit different. Eggs is a colloquial/slang term for testicles (like balls in English), so "if you have eggs" means "if you dare".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I love having a joke that works in two languages but for different reasons.