How Do You Like These Apples?

This is a famous but rather complicated riddle.
A group of friends were discussing the subject of how many apples Adam and Eve ate in the Garden of Eden. The first person to speak was very matter-of-fact and said that it could only have been one apple.
The second person asserted that Adam 8 and Eve ate 2, making a total of 10.
The third person said there was something wrong with that, because Eve 8 and Adam 8 also, making 16.
"But," said another person, "if Eve 8 and Adam 82. that would be a total of 90."
Still another person said: "According to history, Eve 81 and Adam 82. That would total 163."
"But," put in someone else, "don't you see that if Eve 81 and Adam 812, that would make a total of 893."
"According to my figuring," said a college professor, "if Eve 814 Adam and Adam 8124 Eve, that would total 8938."