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"Why do vehicle manufacturers lie about emissions?" "Why do vehicle manufacturers lie about emissions?" "Why do vehicle manufacturers lie about emissions?" "

• ajuc 10y ago
  It's supposed to be why(why(why(why(why(theMatter)))); not why(theMatter); why(theMatter); why(theMatter); why(theMatter); why(theMatter);
  • hoodoof 10y ago
    A bug that I will blame on unclear requirements.
    • christogreeff 10y ago
      Why?
  • KhalilK 10y ago
    You could keep the second form but use a ditto operator instead; why(theMatter); why(%); why(%); why(%); why(%);
  • zappo2938 10y ago
    When I'm interviewing for a job at VW and they ask this question, I can deflect with my curry skills.
  • amelius 10y ago
    That sounds very meta.
  • erac1e 10y ago
    compiler error at line 1. unmatched parenthesis. ... oh don't worry it's a loosely bracketed language.
    • marcosdumay 10y ago
      That's one of the best points of Haskell: why . why . why . why . why $ theMatter
      • erac1e 10y ago
        Actually that is point-free
  • spyrosg 10y ago
    Careful, enough why()'s and you invariably get nil. This is a pointer your employer probably doesn't want you to follow.
    • ajuc 10y ago
      I usually get "Because BIG BANG". But good point - you want the why function to write the intermediate answers somewhere as a side effect.
      • mrspeaker 10y ago
        I'd be interested to know why(Because BIG BANG)
    • johnchristopher 10y ago
      Do not ask `Why?` Be cautious with `How?` `Why?` leads inexorably to paradox.
  • TazeTSchnitzel 10y ago
    In a stack language: theMatter why why why why why
  • prmph 10y ago
    Well, that's possible. But sometimes also the whys are mutually recursive. "Why is X unelectable? Because realistically no one will vote for him. And why will no one vote for him? Because he is unelectable"
    • kamaal 10y ago
      I think the worst case scenario is an answer that forms a question, which lead to the answer framing the very question. Infinite recursion. Basically.
  • kamaal 10y ago
    I think its more like: Answer Why(Answer question) { if(validDivisibleQuestion(question){ return Why(question); } } I guess this is how our mind handles stuff too, and because of the stack issues is why working things on papers works better than doing it in mind.
• rmc 10y ago
  Because they make money and it takes a while to get caught.
  • im3w1l 10y ago
    Why does it take a while to get caught?
    • hoodoof 10y ago
      That's only one "why".
    • jaimex2 10y ago
      because the emmissions test conditions are predictable