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Actually, you do have to teach most high schoolers (actually most people) what "A or B" means. The common usage reads that as "A xor B"
by gizmo686 13y ago
Actually, you do have to teach most high schoolers (actually most people) what "A or B" means. The common usage reads that as "A xor B"
- n1ghtm4n 13y agoA very good point. I still think it's a big win if it makes it 1% easier for new programmers to understand.
- cbhl 13y agoI actually think "and" and "or" make it 1% more difficult for new programmers because it doesn't implicitly warn them about things like short-circuit evaluation and whatnot. "and" and "or" have a lot of nuances that experienced programmers take for granted that a new programmer won't know until they're taught.
- Fistandantilus 13y agoIn English, sure. Not so for Chinese.