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Newsgroups: net.jokes
Title: Re: Mathematicians Vs. Engineers - (nf)
Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.1335
Posted: Fri Jan 14 15:28:55 1983
Received: Wed Jan 19 07:42:36 1983

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uiucdcs!mcewan    Jan 14 12:50:00 1983


Here's something to illustrate the difference between a mathematician
and an engineer:

Suppose there are a man and a woman sitting on opposite ends of a park
bench, and every second the distance between them is halved. A mathematician
will tell you that they will never touch, but an engineer knows they will
get close enough for practical applications.