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Hi ,

Can a configuration file have odd number of nodes ? Why even is very common ?

Note :Not interview question

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Sure, however people just naturally tend to prefer even numbers in my experience.
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IT people tend to think in multiples of 2, 8, 16, 512 or 1024.
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We computer types actually think that there are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't :roll:
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Post by Ultramundane »

We mathematicians think there are two types of people in the world: Those who say the next number in the sequence 3,1,4,1,5 is 1 and those who say it is 9.

My configuration files are defined as follows:
For all N<9 an element of the natural numbers, there exists a configuration file which is named ds_N_node.apt.
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Mmmmm... pie.

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chulett wrote:Mmmmm... pie.

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Nah. It's Weebl!
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ray.wurlod wrote:
chulett wrote:Mmmmm... pie.

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Nah. It's Weebl! ...

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chulett wrote:Mmmmm... pie.

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Warm, apple Pi :D
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