[OT]:: “GOD is real, unless declared integer.”

[RussellMc]

https://ell.stackexchange.com/q/163171/21556

No doubt an oldie. Maybe a goodie.

This should cause a grin and make near instant sense to those who are
familiar with the Olde programming language FORTRAN. Others may wish to
pass by on the other side, humming gently and looking the other way.


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Someone notes:

FORTRAN's has two kinds of variables: Integer variables (that hold an
integer number) and real variables (that hold a real number).

By default, any variable whose name begins with the letters I,J,K,L,M or N
is integer, otherwise it is real. So a variable called GOD would by default
be
a "real variable" - in short, "GOD is real".

[David C Brown]

The extremely laboured explanations of the joke are far more amusing than
the joke itself.

And slightly disturbing that the concepts "real" and "integer" are puzzling
to the current generation of programmers (who probably don't understand the
concept of strict typing either)


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Post by RussellMc
https://ell.stackexchange.com/q/163171/21556
No doubt an oldie. Maybe a goodie.
This should cause a grin and make near instant sense to those who are
familiar with the Olde programming language FORTRAN. Others may wish to
pass by on the other side, humming gently and looking the other way.
___________________________
FORTRAN's has two kinds of variables: Integer variables (that hold an
integer number) and real variables (that hold a real number).
By default, any variable whose name begins with the letters I,J,K,L,M or N
is integer, otherwise it is real. So a variable called GOD would by default
be
a "real variable" - in short, "GOD is real".
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