Re: What are the algorithms compiled in the software used for tabulating elections ballots in Cambridge Massachusetts?...

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From: LarryG
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 03:50

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On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 00:14:13 +0000 (UTC), Charles Demas 
<demas@TheWorld.com> wrote:

> In article <FscSc.10759$KZ2.6542@fe2.texas.rr.com>,
> Alan R. Weiss <alan@ebenchmarks.com> wrote:
>> No, I meant OR, not AND.
>>
>> Been awhile since you touched code, Larry?
>
> From below:
>
>>> if (!DEMOCRAT) && (!REPUBLICAN)
>
> if the voter is a republican then the if is
>
> if (1) && (0)
>
> and if the voter is a democrat then the if is
>
> if (0) && (1)
>
> and if the voter is a something else then the if is
>
> if (1) && (1)
>
> so regardless of what the voter is, the if evaluates as true,
> so the if serves no purpose.
>
> Been a while since you used logic???
>
>
> Chuck Demas
>

I'm not sure who's side you're on, or what you are trying to say,
but the last time I used C / C++ / Java / Javascript / Perl / etc.:


&& == LOGICAL 'AND'
|| == LOGICAL 'OR'

  if (!DEMOCRAT) && (!REPUBLICAN)

evaluates to true only when:
the voter is not a Democrat AND the voter is not a Republican.

cheers,
Larry G.

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