in reply to Fun with Numbers

You're mean. :-) So few people likely do that ... it's just plain mean.

I got it right on my first guess (you'll have to take my word for that ;-}), although I had to run it through the interpreter just to be sure. It's still mean.

As to why:

the compiler ignores _ in numbers, but the string-to-number engine does not.

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Re^2: Fun with Numbers
by hardburn (Abbot) on Feb 11, 2005 at 21:46 UTC

    I prefer the term "psychological aggression". The term "mean" has negative historical connotations.

    "There is no shame in being self-taught, only in not trying to learn in the first place." -- Atrus, Myst: The Book of D'ni.