At 08:53 12/08/00 -0500, John McKown wrote:
>Every language that I've ever used (other than APL) has the precedence of
>"or" being less than "and". So I would always expect the "and" clauses to
>be evaluated first, then the "or". Just like in math, where in an
>equation, I expect that the multiplication (and) is done before the
>addition (or). Unless modified by parentheses just as in your second
>example.
You're quite right; I think I must have been punch drunk from beating my
head against another problem. Thanks.
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