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List:       classiccmp
Subject:    Re: Relay computers - OR functionality - symbology
From:       ard () p850ug1 ! demon ! co ! uk (Tony Duell)
Date:       2004-09-29 22:50:34
Message-ID: m1CCnHS-000JDbC () p850ug1
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> Having gotten the explanation as to why those operations were chosen, it
> does make sense and is somewhat elegant (I'll reluctantly concede), but
> it's still stupid as far as I'm concerned.  Why didn't they use * or X
> for AND then?

They did!. Or rather you normally use '.', which is also a conventional 
sign for multiplication (as it X.Y). IIRC it should actually be a dot 
halfway up the letter, not on the baseline, but that's not on my keyboard

-tony
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