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Date: 24 Mar 2024 05:56:38 GMT
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On Sat, 23 Mar 2024 23:10:03 -0500, Physfitfreak wrote:

> (A AND B) = (B AND A), and (A OR B) = (B OR A). They commute, so to
> speak. But (A IMP B) doesn't commute. How would computer distinguish
> between A and B then? Does it look at the ordering to see what comes
> first as it goes from left to right, and gives the role of A to that
> one? In that case The programmer needs to damn well know which one of
> the condition he places to the left of IMP and which one to the right!
> This is a new situation.

If I'm interpreting IMP as a bitwise comparison in Basic that comes down 
to

A.bit0 <= B.bit0

A  B
1  1    1
1  0    0
0  1    1
0  0    1

A  B
1  1    1
0  1    1
1  0    0
0  0    1

Sort of awkward. I assume if you're evaluating two 8 or 16 bit values 
you'd return on the first false match. 

Curious. Basic isn't exactly Prolog.