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From: kwh@bentley.UUCP (KW Heuer)
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Subject: Re: Boolean Operators Slighted in C
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Date: Thu, 15-May-86 23:18:39 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 15 23:18:39 1986
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In article <1776@sdcsvax.UUCP> hutch@sdcsvax.UUCP writes:
>well now for ||= you can use |= ...

I think the intent was that "v ||= e" would not evaluate e if v were already
true.  (Same as "v = v || e".)