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From: Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Interval Comparisons
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 14:51:09 +0300
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On Fri, 7 Jun 2024 10:45:05 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

> On Fri, 7 Jun 2024 11:28:23 +0100, bart wrote:
>=20
> > However, 'a > b <=3D c' is not clear. =20
>=20
> One thing it would have been handy to have is some way of saying
>=20
>     b < a or b > c
>=20
> in a chained comparison somehow. In other words, =E2=80=9Cnot (a < b < c)=
=E2=80=9D
> without the negation and need for the parentheses (and
> correspondingly for the obvious usages of =E2=80=9C<=3D=E2=80=9D and =E2=
=80=9C>=3D=E2=80=9D).

"Out of range" expressed as negation of "in range" looks to me as least
confusing.