Re: Interface (Grammar precedence/notation) question

haberg@math.su.se (Hans Aberg)
29 Dec 2006 22:59:37 -0500

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From: haberg@math.su.se (Hans Aberg)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 29 Dec 2006 22:59:37 -0500
Organization: Mathematics
References: 06-12-108
Keywords: design
Posted-Date: 29 Dec 2006 22:59:37 EST

Chris F Clark <cfc@shell01.TheWorld.com> wrote:


> The question is, will this reversing of the precedence of and and or
> be a bad interface idea?


It will be no worse than interchanging the meaning of 'true' and 'false',
or '0' and '1', or 'US' and 'China'. That is, almost every user will do it
wrong, even if they try hard to do it right. :-)


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    Hans Aberg


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