In article <hibtoug7u3s1731hppu1l70c3bm3sa8og8@4ax.com> , ABX 
<abx### [at] abxartpl>  wrote:

>> No, double negations and negations of comparisons are extremely bad.
>
> We use double negations in polish so it can insfluence my report however I'm
> confused. I can't find double negation in my replacement proposition and
> before I send it I have checked many sites with C descriptions and mostly
> found they use "not less"/"not greater" versions. Those C functions are
> directly called in POV parser. Would you like to unroll your statement ?

It is meant general and specifically.  The general part of the "double
negations" and the specific part is the "negations of comparisons".  The
term "not less" means "greater or equal", and "not greater" means "less or
equal".  Or in C terms "!(a < b)" is much better presented as "(a >= b)" ;-)

    Thorsten

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