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From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn <gwyn>)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: Standard extensions (logical exclusive or)
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Date: Tue, 13-Nov-84 11:34:32 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 13 11:34:32 1984
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> C programmers like to cut corners; witness all those on1 messages that
> depend on && evaluating as little as possible.

???  The short-circuit behavior of && and || is a very important language
feature; it is there by deliberate design.  Without it, correct code for
many types of loops would be quite awkward (`a la Pascal).