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From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: [Q] Portability of <= and >= with real operands
Date: 1996/12/03
Date: 1996-12-03T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1996Dec3.103933.1@eisner> (raw)
In-Reply-To: E1uEEs.2xJ.0.-s@inmet.camb.inmet.com


In article <E1uEEs.2xJ.0.-s@inmet.camb.inmet.com>, stt@houdini.camb.inmet.com (Tucker Taft) writes:

> Are you also saying that X <= Y is somehow "better" than not (X > Y)?

Depending on the context, one form or the other may be _much_ easier
for a human to scan.  It all depends upon how X and Y have been used
in the surrounding lines, as well as what the real names are (one hopes
that only those doing graphics or genetics actually name variables
X and Y).

Larry Kilgallen




  reply	other threads:[~1996-12-03  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1996-11-29  0:00 [Q] Portability of <= and >= with real operands JP Thornley
1996-11-29  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-12-03  0:00   ` Keith Thompson
1996-12-03  0:00     ` Tucker Taft
1996-12-03  0:00       ` Larry Kilgallen [this message]
1996-12-03  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-12-04  0:00       ` Keith Thompson
1996-12-03  0:00     ` Thomas Koenig
1996-12-03  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-12-01  0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1996-12-02  0:00   ` Norman H. Cohen
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