From: "Peña, Botp" <botp@...>
Date: 2002-11-21T19:05:16+09:00
Subject: Re: difference between "and" and "&&"

Hi sir Gavin Sinclair [mailto:gsinclair@soyabean.com.au] 

You wrote:
> 
> > [On 'and' and '&&']
> > I am surprise and I'm new to Ruby :-)
> >
> > I do find both structurally same, but why the difference in 
> > precedence?
> >
> > Pls enlighten..
> 
> Not so long ago, Matz stated that the difference in 
> precedence was because natural language doesn't observe a 
> high precedence for 'and'.  I thought that was a very nice 
> observation from a computer geek.
 
but the precedence of the assignment operator has always been low (my
experience only) in other languages. 

Eg, x = a and (b or c) and not c

would mean putting/assigning all results (ultimately) to x...

Am I confusing "=" assignment with "=" comparison then?? :-)

> Anyway, if you get any more authoriatitive answers (I may be 
> confusing the issue with something else :), this one should be a FAQ.

Many thanks.

> Cheers,
> Gavin

Kind regards,
-botp