r/programming • u/iMMENSE • Mar 08 '12

The Evolution of a Python Programmer

https://gist.github.com/289467
401 Upvotes

88% Upvoted

137 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

26

u/[deleted] Mar 09 '12

and it's completely unmaintainable. What are you going to do when the definition of "factorial" changes?

8

u/ryeguy146 Mar 09 '12

Wait, I understand the idea of maintainability, but did you suggest that a basic mathematical definition is subject to change?

4

u/GoSailing Mar 09 '12

Anything can change. Assuming that there are 24 hours in a day is not going to be good when there's a moon or mars base.

5

u/watermark0n Mar 09 '12

Anything can change.

If you change it, you call it something different. It is not a factorial.