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From: jeff@aiva.ed.ac.uk (Jeff Dalton)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Many people's opinions on computer languages (was: Third public review of X3J11 C)
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Date: 15 Sep 88 18:56:24 GMT
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In article <1386@garth.UUCP> smryan@garth.UUCP (Steven Ryan) writes:
>The lack of a boolean mode and the requirement that
>&& and || shortcircuit are horrendous on a RISC.

How is this different from saying "if is horrendous on a RISC"?
That is what I'd have to write if not for && and ||.

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