Live data from Hacker News

Why did the developer go broke?

news.ycombinator.com

1–7 of 7 posts

Re: Why did the developer go broke?

#2
A programmer is told by his wife, "go to the store and get a loaf of bread. If they have eggs, get a dozen. The programmer returns with 12 loaves of bread. His wife screams, "Why di you get 12 loaves of bread?!" He replies "they didn't have eggs.

Re: Why did the developer go broke?

#3

A programmer is told by his wife, "go to the store and get a loaf of bread. If they have eggs, get a dozen. The programmer returns with 12 loaves of bread. His wife screams, "Why di you get 12 loaves of bread?!" He replies "they didn't have eggs.

I don’t get it, they were only supposed to get a dozen loaves of bread if they had eggs, since they didn’t have eggs, it should only be one loaf of bread.

Re: Why did the developer go broke?

#5

A programmer is told by his wife, "go to the store and get a loaf of bread. If they have eggs, get a dozen. The programmer returns with 12 loaves of bread. His wife screams, "Why di you get 12 loaves of bread?!" He replies "they didn't have eggs.

I don’t get it, they were only supposed to get a dozen loaves of bread if they had eggs, since they didn’t have eggs, it should only be one loaf of bread.

I think the reply should be "they had eggs".