On Tue, 01 Aug 2000 17:36:55 -0400, pk wrote:
>pk wrote:
>> 
>> Ron Parker wrote:
>> > He was referring to the mathematical symbol that looks like an inverted V.
>> > That symbol represents logical "and", and looks nothing like a caret.
>> uh... I always thought + meant AND...
>.... i meant to say:"i always thought * (well, dot with valign=center)
>meant AND...
>> So, what's the opposite of AND? NAND? i don't think so....

Well, the non-inverted V-like symbol that looks like the and symbol means
or.  I'm not sure why you're asking what the opposite is, though.

I suspect that the choice of symbology depends on what sort of logic class
you took.  I encountered the ^/V symbology in my pure mathematics classes,
and the dot/plus symbology in my CS classes.

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Ron Parker   http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html
My opinions.  Mine.  Not anyone else's.

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