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didn't really understand it -- oh well.

Programmers take everything literally as our instructions to the device are literal.

So the condition as expressed literally was to bring back 6 cartons of milk if the store had eggs in stock.

A "normal" person would interpret it to mean bring back 6 eggs if they have any eggs and one carton of milk. As they would do what makes the most sense even if that isn't the literal request.

I have some other good programmer jokes.

What does a programmer use for birth control?

His personality.

Why did the programmer cross the road?

Because that's what he did last year.

What's the definition of an outgoing programmer?

He stares at your feet when he talks to you instead of his own.

  • 5 months later...

Not sure this hasn't been posted before. If it has, I apologise. (I searched before posting.)

My mother told me:

Go to the grocery store and get me two bottles of milk. If they have eggs, buy six.

When I returned, she looked inside the bag and shrieked: "Why the hell did you buy six bottles of milk?"

I replied: "Because they had eggs."

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