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Re: And/ Or in One

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphor?a.com> Jul 08, 2007
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Andy wrote:
> Is there a command in Euphoria that allows for the and/or command to be one.
> 
> Like saying if event here then attack him and/or her. I hope I am making
> enough
> senese. Its it like xor or something. I'm sorry, if I'm confusing, but I'm
> trying
> to explain it as well.

The Euphoria "or" is equivalent to the English "and/or".
In English, people say "and/or" to stress that A or B
or both could be true. In English "or" can also mean
"and/or", but it's a bit ambiguous sometimes. In English
we often say something that is logically ambiguous
because we are talking to another human, not a computer.
Two humans will often have a common understanding
of the context in which something is said, and it
may be obvious whether both A and B could both
be true, or not. Thus it is humorous when someone
asks, e.g. 
  Q: "Are you going to keep working here, or quit?"
  A: "Yes"
People realize that the answer is logical, but funny (or sarcastic),
because both parties know that A and B is not possible, 
so the person replying is expected to choose one of them.

Regards,
   Rob Craig
   Rapid Deployment Software
   http://www.RapidEuphoria.com