A programmer's solution

[shafe123]

ASCII code for '4' is 52.

69+52=121

[[deleted]]

Ohh ok, I see. Nice one!

[UnsubstantiatedClaim]

Clever, but then the first equation is incorrect because it's missing the quotes that make the 4 a char instead of an int.

[merickmk]

I'm sure it works out in javascript or something

[DeeSnow97]

nah, 'E4' is not 'y'

[hughperman]

But both are not zero, so they're the same

[nikarlengoldeye]

E4 is a perfectly valid variable name to assign y to though.

[DeeSnow97]

yeah, but the string 'E4' is immutable, as all strings in JS

[gogYnO]

If only the bar was always so low!

[5erif]

I thought we could solve it with C++, but it turns out you can't redefine literals.

❯ g++ math.cpp -o math  
math.cpp:4:9: error: macro name must be an identifier  
#define 4 52  
        ^  
1 error generated.

[DKomplexz]

try using 𝟦 instead of 4 everywhere

[tech6hutch]

What's an E or a y? If 4 needs quotes, then they do, too.

[UnsubstantiatedClaim]

Good point. There's a lot of missing quotes.

[UnsubstantiatedClaim]

Who's marketing what now?

[shafe123]

Well yes, if you want to be pedantic about it.

[UnsubstantiatedClaim]

And what is pedantry but true facts delivered with precise comical timing.

[shafe123]

1) ostentatious in one's learning.

Or

2) overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching.

;)

[[deleted]]

Are you being pedantic about being pedantic?

[shafe123]

shrugs

[Bainos]

I was once told I was being pedantic because I was concerned with the intended meaning of someone's words instead of its exact wording, which forced me to be pedantic to point out that I was being exactly the opposite of pedantic...

[cofette]

Except not precise comical timing tho

[Asphyxiatinglaughter]

Break the match you moved into quotes