On May 29, 2009, at 22:33 , Jon Lang wrote:
"also" is an ordered, short-circuiting version of "&" (and thus "all"). For some time now, I've wanted an analog for '|' and 'any' - but the only name I can think of for it would be 'else', which has some obvious clarity issues.
I have seen "x (alt. y)" used in print, so maybe "alt"? -- brandon s. allbery [solaris,freebsd,perl,pugs,haskell] allb...@kf8nh.com system administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats] allb...@ece.cmu.edu electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university KF8NH
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