Comment on What real life bad habits has programming given you?parentComments−nihilocrat17yI find it's most often people say "or" when they mean xor, and "and/or" when they mean or.So perhaps we should start saying either "or" or "ior" (inexclusive or).−tlrobinson17yThe "and/or" thing actually sort of makes sense if you take "or" to mean "xor", since (A XOR B) OR (A AND B) equals (A OR B)−smanek17ySo, slash is really 'or'?Oh, my head.−tlrobinson17y english logic ------- ----- and AND or XOR / OR Actually, since (A XOR B) and (A AND B) are mutually exclusive, (A XOR B) XOR (A AND B) also equals (A OR B), so "/" could be "XOR" too.
Comments
I find it's most often people say "or" when they mean xor, and "and/or" when they mean or.
So perhaps we should start saying either "or" or "ior" (inexclusive or).
The "and/or" thing actually sort of makes sense if you take "or" to mean "xor", since (A XOR B) OR (A AND B) equals (A OR B)
So, slash is really 'or'?
Oh, my head.