From: Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: [ot] - some basic stuff
Date: 05 Jul 2000 01:15:22 -0700
Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com
Lines: 34
Sender: nate AT mercury DOT bitbucket
Message-ID: <83n1jx9en9.fsf@mercury.bitbucket>
References: <39632793 DOT 15954 DOT AA1ABF AT localhost>
X-Complaints-To: newsabuse AT supernews DOT com
User-Agent: Gnus/5.0802 (Gnus v5.8.2) Emacs/20.5
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

Leon AT caresystems DOT com DOT au writes:

> Many appologies if this is off topic
> just is rather very simple - but something i have 
> forgot
> what is the difference between
> bitwise EXCLUSIVE OR symbol (ie ^)
> and 
> bitwise INCLUSIE OR symbol (ie |)

Inclusive or: A bit is set in x|y if either of the corresponding bits
in x and y were set, or both.

Exclusive or: A bit is set in x|y if either of the corresponding bits
in x and y were set, *but not both*.

Truth tables:

|x 0 1
y
0  0 1
1  1 1

^x 0 1
y
0  0 1
1  1 0

HTH

-- 

Nate Eldredge
neldredge AT hmc DOT edu