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stefan-lucks@see-the.signature:

 > I think, there are three options:
 >
 > 1. Differentiate between the control flow "and", and the Boolean 
function
 >    "and". The first has the shortcut property, the second doesn't.
 >
 > (This is the worst option, but it would be the easy one.)

The worst of the three maybe, but not the worst possible ;-). For 
instance Delphi does it a lot worse (really difficult to beat):

http://www.delphibasics.co.uk/RTL.asp?Name=$B

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