[nopacience]

  int result; 
  for (int i = 0; i < 77232917; i++) { 
      result = 2 * 2; <----- you basically said result=4 77232917 times 
  } 
  return result - 1; <--- and then 4-1=3

so of course it will always be 3

[colanderman]

That is the joke.