Re:If-then-else had to be invented
by gerdesj on Sunday December 13, 2020 @05:29PM
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"I have three Pokémons. They can read and write." cf: I have three Pokémons that can read and write.
Now, thanks to what I can only describe as the implicit vagaries of English, the bounding (three) might now imply that I have three ... or more Pokémons! To make that sentence precise: I have three Pokémons and they can read and write. Here I am substituting and for a full stop (period.) When I deployed "that" I managed to muddy the waters.
Mapping logical and Boolean operators to grammatical constructs is tricky and should not be taken lightly. Best to consider them separately. AND is not and (except when it is!)
Now, thanks to what I can only describe as the implicit vagaries of English, the bounding (three) might now imply that I have three ... or more Pokémons! To make that sentence precise: I have three Pokémons and they can read and write. Here I am substituting and for a full stop (period.) When I deployed "that" I managed to muddy the waters.
Mapping logical and Boolean operators to grammatical constructs is tricky and should not be taken lightly. Best to consider them separately. AND is not and (except when it is!)
Be careful out there kids.