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"?

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