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   Message 871 of 2,753   
   Hans Aberg to Chris F Clark   
   Re: Interface (Grammar precedence/notati   
   29 Dec 06 22:59:37   
   
   From: haberg@math.su.se   
      
   Chris F Clark  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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