Re: Re: If...Or...Else

From:	Thomas Goyne	Date:	Mon, 26 Jul 2004 08:48:04 +0000
Subject:	Re: Re: If...Or...Else
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On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 11:11:21 +0300, Skippy <skippy@zuavra.net> wrote:

Quoting Thomas Goyne <Knightking@smempire.org>:
On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 23:15:41 +0300, Skippy <skippy@zuavra.net> wrote:
Any idea why the need to have two logical operators with the same meaning BUT different precedences? I dig the need to put in OR as an alias, but
why
confuse people with the precedence issue? One would tend to think ||
and
OR are perfectly interchangeable.
Perl compatibility.
What good is the confusion in Perl then?

IIRC each operator in perl uses the predence they have in thier language of origin. (|| from C, or from batch scripting) That may be completly wrong, as its been a while since I've touched perl. -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/