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		dataflow on Jan 5, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dennis Ritchie on the priorities of && \|\| vs. == e... a * b * c is only nonzero if all of a, b, c are nonzero. That's AND, and should be pretty intuitive. a + b + c is nonzero if any of them are nonzero. (Remember each value is either 0 or 1.) So that's the intuition for OR.

explaininjs on Jan 5, 2024 [–]

a+b+c is nonzero if any of a or b or c are nonzero.

dataflow on Jan 5, 2024 | [–]

Yeah I just added that. I was hesitant initially cause you have to also note they're nonnegative, and that you're treating them like real numbers rather than mod 2.

explaininjs on Jan 6, 2024 | | [–]

Natural numbers are the natural numbers for me! (ISO 80000-2, of course)

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