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Why do engineers confuse Halloween and Christmas?

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He was kind enough to explain the punchlines of the following programmer jokes, for those of us who are dazed and confused. (UPDATE, binary jokes are now my favorite.) 1. Why do programmers always mix up Halloween and Christmas? Because Oct 31 = Dec 25. read more

Because Oct 31 = Dec 25. The joke here is that Octal 31 (which abbreviated looks like October 31 st, Halloween) is equal to Decimal 25 (which abbreviated looks like December 25 th, Christmas). Decimal and octal are two number systems with different bases. read more

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