--- "Alexey N. Solofnenko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you mean the functions are not defined when n==1 > or even n==0? > And and Or are defined for all values of n. We can think of "and" as "nothing false" and "or" as "something true". So for n==0 they return true and false respectively.
-Matt > - Alexey. > > Steve Loughran wrote: > [SNIP] > > > > Its not a new function, view it more as a vector > operation. A bit like > > sum([1,2,3]) = 6 in listy languages. > > Our <and> and <or>ops are not binary, they are > n-ary for n>1; xor > > merely continues the practise. > > > > -steve > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > / Alexey N. Solofnenko > MDL Information Systems, Inc. > work: 510-357-2222x1726 > home: http://trelony.cjb.net/ > / > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page – Try My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
