Quick Test

Here’s a very simple question:

How many times can you subtract 5 from 73, and what is left ?

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  • An imperative programmer answers, “you can subtract it 14 times and the remainder will be 3.”
  • A functional programmer answers, “you can subtract it as many times as you wish, and you always get 68.”

4 Responses to “Quick Test”


  1. I guess I qualify as an imperative programmer, then ?

  2. Brian (rip-off) - January 5, 2010 at 8:40 pm - Reply

    I was thinking more mathematically I think – you can take away anything from anything an infinite number of times. I was thinking of the result spiralling toward negative infinity though.

    So… do I even qualify as a programmer then? Or did I reach the enlightened state between all paradigms?

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