Comment on I mean, technically the kid's right

• PhoenixDog@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah to avoid any clever “gotcha” kids, use

  A. B. C.

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  • InputZero@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    A. B. C.

    Are just undefined variables, and therefore a number. It’s just that we haven’t defined what those numbers are so they can still be any real number including the smallest number

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    • Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Error!

      prog.c: In function ‘main’:
      prog.c:4:8: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘.’ token
          4 |   int A. = 1;
            |        ^
      prog.c:4:8: error: expected expression before ‘.’ token
      prog.c:5:8: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘.’ token
          5 |   int B. = 2;
            |        ^
      prog.c:5:8: error: expected expression before ‘.’ token
      prog.c:6:8: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘.’ token
          6 |   int C. = 3;
            |        ^
      prog.c:6:8: error: expected expression before ‘.’ token
      

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