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  • I don’t think you’re picking up what I’m putting down. I’m not arguing that the return value can be 1, I’m well aware that it can’t — I wrote the function so that it will always return 0. It only returns 1 if we make an incorrect assumption (and mix up semantics with formal logic, but that’s another conversation), the incorrect assumption being “if is equivalent to if, and only if



  • stevedice@sh.itjust.workstoScience Memes@mander.xyzif statement == false
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    Yes, I know, that’s the point. Funky is specifically constructed to always return 0. Then we assume “if” and “if, and only if” are equivalent and by following that assumption to its logical conclusion, we deduce that funky returns 1. Therefore, our assumption was incorrect because 0≠1. It follows that “if” isn’t equivalent to “if, and only if”. Also, it’s just a shitpost.