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Article #456Re: What I'd really like to see in an if-statement...
From: Preston Briggs
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1989 02:27
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1989 02:27
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In article <8606@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> lacey@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (John Lacey) writes: >In article <516@brazos.Rice.edu> (3383 of comp.lang.misc) > preston@titan.rice.edu (Preston Briggs) writes: >} but >} a<b<c doesn't mean (a < b) < c >} or a < (b < c) > >Just because the expression doesn't commute or associate doesn't mean >it is not a valid relation. But if < doesn't associate, then it doesn't make sense to write a<b<c. In C, < is left-associative. You can write a<b<c (but the meaning is perhaps suprising). In Pascal, < doesn't associate. You can't write a<b<c. Preston Briggs preston@titan.rice.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!rice!titan!preston From: preston@titan.rice.edu (Preston Briggs) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: What I'd really like to see in an if-statement... Message-ID: <545@brazos.Rice.edu> Date: 11 Aug 89 02:27:55 GMT References: <8577@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <14251@haddock.ima.isc.com> <516@brazos.Rice.edu> <8606@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Sender: root@rice.edu Reply-To: preston@titan.rice.edu (Preston Briggs) Organization: Rice University, Houston Lines: 20