RE: Dumb programming question..

I read it that way too, but to be honest the amount of posts about this thing 
you could just have run tests on every possible permutation of the problem in 
less time and come up with the answer, which is what I would probably have done 
in the first place.

I will shut up now and retreat to the shadows

Steve

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Subject: RE: Dumb programming question..


In Tom's defense,

I would imagine that he is talking about the fact that US math scores tend to 
be (much) lower than math scores in the rest of the world.

So the foreign comments he's thinking about were probably along the lines of 
"stupid Americans, can't even handle basic/remedial algebra."

At least that's the way I read his post.

For the record, I agree.  The transformations being discussed should be well 
within that capabilities of anybody (business or programmer) needing to talk 
about the expression.  However, I admit that I don't usually bother to simplify 
most expressions I deal with.


HTH,

Charles Wilt
--
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
 

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> Not to mention your site lists one of your customers as SHELL Canada. 
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