RE: [xml-dev] XML design of ((a and b) or c)

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From: "Michael Kay" <mike@saxonica.com>
To: "'Richard Salz'" <rsalz@us.ibm.com>,"'Rick Marshall'" <rjm@zenucom.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:22:04 -0000

> > blame stephen bourne (i think he started this).
> > 
> > The famous sh script: programA && programB etc where 
> programB is only 
> > run if programA returns true.
> 
> Nope, it was a C thing.  

I think it was already in BCPL, which Steve Bourne knew well.

Michael Kay

References:
- Re: [xml-dev] XML design of ((a and b) or c)
  - From: Richard Salz <rsalz@us.ibm.com>

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