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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript
Subject: Re: Understanding &&
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 21:58:05 +0200
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Ben Bacarisse wrote:

> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> writes:
>> Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>>> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> writes:
>>>> Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>>>>> Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> writes:
>>>>>> I mean where it's an expression being abused as a control flow
>>>>>> mechanism.
>>>>> If readability is not the problem I'm not sure what constitutes abuse.
>>>> To begin with: One is a *statement*, the other an *expression*.
>>> It's not clear what you are referring to.
>> I was, of course, referring to the “if” *statement* and the boolean
>> *expression*.
>>
>>> There have been both expressions and statements posted, so we could just
>>> pick some examples and assume that's what you are referring to, but it's
>>> an odd remark to begin with.  No one in the discussion is a beginner.
>>
>> I cannot help you in a textual medium if you have a basic "reading
>> problem".
> 
> So you were just making a correct remark that had nothing to with the
> material quoted?

I tried (and obviously failed) to connect the dots for you.

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