Peter Popov <pet### [at] usanet> wrote:
: I don't know why, it's just that when I see logic operators I think
: it's reasonable for them to expect boolean operands (promoted to
: boolean if needed). And with that in mind, I expect multiplication to
: have a higher precedence than addition, regardless of context.

  & and | are not boolean operators. The are set theory operators.

  When you write: function { x & y }
you are actually saying:

  x<0 AND y<0

not something like:

  (x LOGICAL_AND y) < 0

which makes little sense.

  What is (0.5 LOGICAL_AND -2.8)?

-- 
main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
):_;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/

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