What does Oct 3 1=Dec 25 mean?

This is a cold joke of a technical house … "Why can't programmers always tell Halloween from Christmas?"

Oct 3 1 stands for10,3 1, Halloween.

Exactly. Mathematically, OCT refers to octal, that is, octal 3 1.

1February 25th stands for 65438+February 25th, Christmas Day.

Exactly, in mathematics, DEC refers to 10, which is 25 in 10.

Mathematically, octal 3 1 equals hexadecimal 25 10. You can do it with a calculator.

Now, I understand.