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Re: Understanding Boolean Expressions

From Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Understanding Boolean Expressions
Date 2013-04-17 11:47 +0300
Organization University of Helsinki
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Steven D'Aprano writes:

> So paradoxically, that means that "x or y" counts as an and_test
> (obviously!) but also as an or_test, since every and_test also
> counts as an or_test. Here's some crappy ASCII art of a Venn diagram

I think you mean to say that "x and y" counts as an and_test and also
as an or_test.

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Understanding Boolean Expressions Bruce McGoveran <bruce.mcgoveran@gmail.com> - 2013-04-16 15:19 -0700
  Re: Understanding Boolean Expressions Walter Hurry <walterhurry@lavabit.com> - 2013-04-16 22:32 +0000
  Re: Understanding Boolean Expressions Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-04-16 18:57 -0400
  Re: Understanding Boolean Expressions "Rhodri James" <rhodri@wildebst.demon.co.uk> - 2013-04-17 00:28 +0100
  Re: Understanding Boolean Expressions Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-04-16 21:23 -0400
  Re: Understanding Boolean Expressions Bruce McGoveran <bruce.mcgoveran@gmail.com> - 2013-04-16 19:29 -0700
  Re: Understanding Boolean Expressions Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-04-17 08:14 +0000
    Re: Understanding Boolean Expressions Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2013-04-17 11:47 +0300
      Re: Understanding Boolean Expressions Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-04-17 09:20 +0000
        Re: Understanding Boolean Expressions Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2013-04-17 12:32 +0300

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