From: Nat Pryce <nat.pryce@...13media.com>
Date: 2002-09-25T00:17:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Why "and and or" Have Different Association from "&& and ||"?

On Tue, 2002-09-24 at 15:46, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> In message "Why "and and or" Have Different Association from "&& and ||"?"
>     on 02/09/24, William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@y.glue.umd.edu> writes:
> |We know that "&& and ||" have higher precedence than "and and or".  But
> |while "&&" has higher precedence than "||", why "and" and "or" have the
> |same precedence, with left to right evaluation, I guess?
> 
> Because english words "and" and "or" does not have precedence order.

On the other hand, the english word "or" actually means "^" (exclusive
or) rather than "||" (inclusive or).  :-)

Cheers,
	Nat.
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