From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2008-06-19T17:25:18+09:00
Subject: Re: print(true and true) #=> the parenthesis issue

2008/6/18 Dave Bass <davebass@musician.org>:
> Robert Klemme wrote:
>> x = some_work()
>> putx x if x
>
> I carefully set my little trap... and it caught someone! :-D

Yes, I can see you struggling in it. :-)

> Note that I wrote "Clarity wins over conciseness every time for me."

So then why did you care to go through multiple negations?

> The
> more English-like the code is, the easier it is to understand (for me
> anyway).

Exactly.  That's why I offered a variant that not only has the same
semantics as my version with "and" but also reads much better than
your double negation.

Kind regards

robert

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