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A comment on Ifs and &&s and Plan 9's Source Code. Parent comment

Re:Ifs and &&s and Plan 9's Source Code by dllthomas on Saturday May 25, 2013 @10:33AM (#5767372)
"words always win"

Add seven to three then multiply the whole thing by twelve.

(7 + 3) * 12

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Re:Ifs and &&s and Plan 9's Source Code by dave809 on Saturday May 25, 2013 @04:04PM (#5768633)
(mult (add seven three) twelve)
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Re:Ifs and &&s and Plan 9's Source Code by dllthomas on Saturday May 25, 2013 @04:24PM (#5768692)
Better, obviously, but I think the regular math notation still wins. It's more concise, and equally (if not more) familiar.
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