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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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Subject: Re: Why Python When There Is Perl?
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:40:32 -0400
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rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On Tue, 26 Mar 2024 17:16:40 -0500, Physfitfreak wrote:
>
>> Well it says the same thing about AND and OR too, and the two of course
>> are used every day in high level programming. So there could be a use
>> for IMP in high level programming also.
>
> &, ~, |, << and >> are frequently used in C. ^ is used less frequently. 
> All map directly to i86 instructions. SAL is the same as SHL where SAR 
> differs from SHR and depends on signed/unsigned. ~ is NOT, 1's complement. 

As an aside, C++20 introduces the "spaceship" operator,
operator <=>. It does a three way comparison, a bit like strcmp():

   lhs <=> rhs returns an object that

       compares <0 if lhs < rhs
       compares >0 if lhs > rhs
       and compares ==0 if lhs and rhs are equal/equivalent.

Carry on.

> I'm not saying there never has been a use but it hasn't had the masses 
> clamoring for it either in HLL or machine instructions. 
>
> That's your new mission. Find a non-trivial use.  No long story, no 
> complicated setup. 

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