Q: Why do programmers always get Christmas and Halloween mixed up?

[Robert Brockway]

On Sat, 30 Oct 2010, aaron d wrote:

> I did.
>
> dec(imal) 25 = 2 X 10 + 5 X 1
>
> oct(al) 31 = 3 X 8 + 1 X 1 = 25
>
> old joke :)

Indeed :)

So I was reflecting on how likely it was that this joke would pan out and 
I've decided it isn't as unlikely as it might first seem.

October was the 8th months and December the 10th Month under older 
incarnations of the calendar and both Christmas and Halloween were 
deliberately put at or near the end of months so in hindsight it isn't so 
unlikely that the numbers lined up to make this joke.

Cheers,

Rob

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