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“and” and “or” are like backwards statement modifiers

It occurred to me after reviewing all the feedback to my last post that despite making the connection to statement modifiers, I never directly contrasted the two. And that this might be an even simpler way of explaining the usefulness … Continue reading

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Using “and” and “or” in Ruby

If you use Ruby long enough, you will discover the and and or operators. These appear at first glance to be synonyms for && and ||. You will then be tempted to use these English oprators in place of && … Continue reading

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Is your keyboard jammed, or are you just writing Haskell?

I’ve been getting back into Haskell lately because I’ve been using the XMonad window manager, which is written and configured in Haskell. Haskell has always held a special place in my heart; I taught myself Haskell by plowing through the … Continue reading

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