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From: Mike Terry <news.dead.person.stones@darjeeling.plus.com>
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Subject: Re: joke (or riddle, puzzle) about Language, and/or Math, Comp.Sci.
Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 19:12:15 +0100
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On 13/05/2025 17:24, Richard Heathfield wrote:
> On 13/05/2025 17:11, Mike Terry wrote:
>> On 12/05/2025 19:45, Richard Heathfield wrote:
>>> On 12/05/2025 18:43, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
>>>> On 2025-05-12, HenHanna <HenHanna@dev.null> wrote:
>>>>> Please tell me a good joke (or riddle, puzzle) that
>>>>>                     is about Language, and/or Math, Comp.Sci.........
>>>>
>>>> Domain is to codomain as median is to what?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mode!
>>>
>>> (Ba-dumm-tshhhh!)
>>>
>>
>> Comedian ??
> 
> Is what he wanted us to say, yes.
> 
>>   (I don't get Mode)
> 
> Pure subversion.
> 
>> Ob. joke/riddle/puzzle:
>>
>>
>> Simplify  (x-a)(x-b)(x-c)...(x-z)
> 
>     ()()()()()
>    ()        ()
>   ()          ()
>   ()          ()
>   ()          ()
>   ()          ()
>   ()          ()
>   ()          ()
>    ()        ()
>     ()()()()()
> 

...correct!  :)