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From: coltoff@burdvax.UUCP (Joel Coltoff)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: Standard extensions (logical exclusive or)
Message-ID: <1799@burdvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 13-Nov-84 14:06:50 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 13 14:06:50 1984
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	What is at issue here is not if the ^^ is really needed. Anyone with
half a brain knows that it isn't. When I look at ^^ I can think of logical
exclusive OR right away. When I see !a != !b ( or !!a != !!b ) I have to
stop and think about it. If we want to get rid of ops that aren't needed
lets get rid of &&. Afterall ( a && b ) can be done by ( !( !a || !b ) )
How about getting rid of the minus operator. All we have to do is complement
and add. If the question is should the size of C be allowed to grow I say
leave it as is. If people are opposed to ^^ because it isn't needed then
maybe the whole language should be evaluated for frivolous features.
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