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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: and then... (a curiosity)
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:49:10 -0400
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I wrote:

> stefan-lucks@see-the.signature writes:
>
>> But when "if X/=0 and Y/X<100" propagates an exception for X=0, as, alas, 
>> done in Ada, something is logically wrong.
>
> So what do you think "if Y/X<100 and X/=0" should do in Ada when X = 0?

Ah, I see you answered this question elsewhere.  You said 1+2 is what
you prefer, because you believe it to be mathematically elegant,
but you would settle for 3.

Well, that seems inconsistent, to me: you can't argue for 3 ("and"
should behave as "and then" does, and we can presumably eliminate
the "and then" syntax from the language) on the basis that 1+2
is elegant.

- Bob