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He mentions thqt the backslash was added to the character set to allow the representation of boolean operators when paired with its forward cousin: A /\ B
by pygy_ 13y ago
He mentions thqt the backslash was added to the character set to allow the representation of boolean operators when paired with its forward cousin:
A /\ B \/ C
I wonder why that notation was abandoned in programming languages.
- chinpokomon 13y ago& and ^ are just one character? Actually I think you could use both to disambiguate between logical and bitwise. I'm not sure if it is a good idea yet, but it would force the developer to see them as different operations; something that easily confuses beginners.