your right, i tried running that and the result when i told VS to break all was 1.
so this would be smaller then those other replies, but what is a googleplex ?
a take on Google ?

It's a spelling error. Googolplex

your right, i tried running that and the result when i told VS to break all was 1.
so this would be smaller then those other replies, but what is a googleplex ?
a take on Google ?

It's when someone can't stop using Google.

[quote name='ryan20fun' timestamp='1312091916' post='4842759']
your right, i tried running that and the result when i told VS to break all was 1.
so this would be smaller then those other replies, but what is a googleplex ?
a take on Google ?

It's when someone can't stop using Google.
[/quote]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googleplex

The largest valid response in this thread, +1.

why +1 when you can multiply it with itself.

[quote name='Luckless' timestamp='1311881880' post='4841793']
The largest valid response in this thread, +1.

why +1 when you can multiply it with itself.
[/quote]What happens after multiple people have given these kinds of answers? Do they all become invalid?

1 Brazilian.

[quote name='FableFox' timestamp='1312197439' post='4843082']
[quote name='Luckless' timestamp='1311881880' post='4841793']
The largest valid response in this thread, +1.

why +1 when you can multiply it with itself.
[/quote]What happens after multiple people have given these kinds of answers? Do they all become invalid?
[/quote]

No they become an infinite loop, until the universe crashes of course.

a = 1

a = a + 1


What is the value of a?

If you claim my answer is wrong, then the a = a + 1 would compute out to infinity.

Your analogy is incorrect. Your original post does not represent "a = a + 1" but rather "f(n) = n + 1". The problem that sooner123 was trying to point out to you is that when you apply this to the result of the current largest number which somebody else posted, lets say it's 5 for arguments sake, then n=5 and f(5) = 5 + 1, which then itself becomes the current largest valid answer, so, as per the rule you stated, must itself have f applied to it "f(f(5)) = f(5) + 1" because your rule states that the result is one greater than the largest valid number.

Its recursion without a termination condition and as the rules of the game stated that the number must be finite, a non-terminating recursive function cannot possibly be a valid answer. This makes your answer invalid.