Orchid Win7 v1 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> On 23/07/2013 02:27 PM, Warp wrote:
> > Orchid Win7 v1<voi### [at] devnull>  wrote:
> >> I especially enjoy how "and" sometimes means "or", and "or" sometimes
> >> means "and". No wonder students suck at Boolean algebra! :-D
> >
> > I find it more interesting that the same word "or" is used in speech
> > for "inclusive or" and "exclusive or", yet it very rarely, if ever,
> > causes any confusion.

> Like I said, sometimes "or" clearly means "and", and vice versa, and yet 
> everybody understands this.

"And" is not the same as either "exclusive or" or "inclusive or".

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                                                          - Warp

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