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42 is an extremely non-special number. Does anyone know if it appeared in the CS field before Douglas Addams "invented" it?

• layer8 11mo ago
  What do you mean, non-special? 42 is the magic constant of the smallest non-trivial magic cube.
  • hnlmorg 11mo ago
    It’s also an integer. Who ch I pretty special when you consider that most numbers in nature are real.
    • layer8 11mo ago
      I have yet to see a number in nature.
      • hnlmorg 11mo ago
        Nature is full of them.
        • Perz1val 11mo ago
          But they're real, right? Or is too complex to just say so?
          • hnlmorg 11mo ago
            There isn’t a fraction of me which didn’t appreciate that comment
• slim 11mo ago
  *was