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Colors, localized. (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 3 years ago by rclkrtrzckr@discuss.tchncs.de to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] alr@programming.dev 1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

If you think French is bad...

// Danish
farve = "#(9+½+5)FFAA"

[–] rclkrtrzckr@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

Please elaborate. Any background on this?

[–] alr@programming.dev 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

The Danish word for 99 is nioghalvfems, which literally means "nine and half five." Which you could be forgiven for assuming meant 11½. The trick is that a) "half five" actually means 4½, as in half less than five, and b) it's implied that you're supposed to multiply the second part by 20. So the proper math is 9 + (-½ + 5) * 20 = 99.