Message-ID: <loom.20130318T140601-27@post.gmane.org>
Date: 2013-03-18T13:07:03Z
From: Ben Bolker
Subject: !0 + !0 == !0 - !0
Bert Gunter <gunter.berton <at> gene.com> writes:
>
> But this has nothing to do with 7.31 and everything to do with operator
> precedence and automatic casting from integers to logical and vice-versa.
>
> I also think it fair to say that all (??) languages have these sorts of
> malapropisms due to operator precedence.
>
Maybe FAQ 7.31 was referred to not for its direct relevance but as
a measure of the "old-hand-ness" of the people who will get the joke.
I have to admit it took me a minute ...
Ben Bolker