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From: thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas)
Newsgroups: net.lang
Subject: Re: IF KICK-BACK GREATER THAN 10 AND LESS THAN 100 THEN ...
Message-ID: <1241@utah-gr.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 12-Nov-84 14:12:31 EST
Article-I.D.: utah-gr.1241
Posted: Mon Nov 12 14:12:31 1984
Date-Received: Tue, 13-Nov-84 06:07:01 EST
References: <440@ima.UUCP> <6172@mcvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas)
Organization: Univ of Utah CS Dept
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Summary: 

>In article <440@ima.UUCP> johnl@godot.UUCP writes:
>>PS:  How many other languages let you write:
>>
>>	IF KICK-BACK GREATER THAN 10 AND LESS THAN 100 THEN ...
>>
>>without having to mention kick-back twice?  

I've had this feature backfire on me, when I carelessly wrote

	IF A NOT EQUAL 10 OR 100 THEN ...

Look carefully - the above condition is always true!  You have to write
the less intuitive

	IF A NOT EQUAL 10 AND 100 THEN ...

>>					      They don't design them like they
>>used to.  Probably just as well.

Good thing.

=S