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Love that quote (lemmy.world)
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[–] ndotb@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Was it (2*b | ! 2*b) or (2*b || ! 2*b) ? It's been a while since I read his book

[–] spi@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What is | I only know ||

[–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

It's a binary 'or' operator.

[–] ndotb@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

It's a logical or in some languages like cobol that were actively used during the early 17th century