What, do you think, would it take to have a garden full of your own children? On an average, one can have 24 children in a lifetime, says our expert Arjun. This is the math.
If we start reproducing at the age of 22 and go on till 40, ie. 18 years. Considering maximum efficiency, one can have 18*12/9=24 (unitary method - 9 being stipulated duration of pregnancy)
The question is - how would we remember the names of our children?
I suggested that we could name them as 1,2,3 and so on. This would also help in remembering the order of their ages. This led to the idea of using an array for the same. Since arrays start with 0, the wife would be named 0.
Arjun then suggested that we could use linked lists instead. Linked lists are used in computer programs for a large amount of data. A piece of data is strung to the next and the address of the 1st piece is remembered. The whole sequence of data can then be got, as the location of the next piece of data is stored in the current data.
This would mean that you only remember the name of the 1st child. The second child's name would then be remembered by the 1st child, and so on. This would save a lot of memory space, and passing on a message would be a very systematic and efficient process.
Sigh. The utility of computers in our life.
So when Arjun asked if I wanted a large family, I replied:
Are you kidding me?
Fact: The maximum number of children borne by a woman is 69. She got really lucky. She had sixteen pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets!
