From:	Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: [Q] expression evaluation order
Date:	Fri, 15 Aug 1997 09:24:14 -0700
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Cesar Scarpini Rabak wrote:

> ANSI does not _try_, it demands!, if some compiler does not conform is
> faulty (not 'buggy', which you could live with).
> 
> In fact, this is a behaviour constructed in the design of the language:
	...
> This is basic in C!

Absolutely.  In fact, the short circuiting properties of && and || is why
there are separate logical and Boolean operators.  This even predates K&R
C; this short circuiting properties were created in _traditional_ C.

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