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

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From: Charles Demas
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 06:04
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In article <opscjualbeafs1jp@newshost.vvm.com>,
LarryG  <no.return.addr@none.com> wrote:
>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.

I got confused, and my post is all screwed up.  That's easier than 
trying to explain.

FWIW, I was trying to correct Alan.  As I said, all screwed up.  :-)


Chuck Demas

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