In <560d8726$0$1602$c3e8da3$54964...@news.astraweb.com> Steven D'Aprano
<st...@pearwood.info> writes:
> > But it takes ever-so-slightly more effort to do so.
> Slightly more effort than what alternative? How would you communicate the
> idea of *not* asking for X without using the concept of "not"?
I wasn't commenting directly to the "ask not..." quote; I was referring
upthread to the choice between
not 0 <= x <= 10
and
x < 0 or x > 10
Both are of course understandable, but in my opinion, the latter one takes
slightly less effort to grok.
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