On 2012-07-19 16:30, clipka wrote:
> Now for the "|", this is quite a well established symbol for an "or"
> operation in various languages (e.g. C, POV-Ray SDL, etc.). With this in
> mind, it's a matter of seconds to realize that "s|h" might mean "'s' or
> 'h'".

And the "s|h" form is visually similar enough to the more-common 
"and/or" that even if you didn't happen to know that | meant 'or', you'd 
have a better-than-zero chance of guessing its intent.

(So what is the result of &/| anyways?)

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Tim Cook
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