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Re: "or die" versus "|| die"by bart (Canon) |
| on Jun 24, 2005 at 17:17 UTC ( [id://469772]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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|| is very old, or is newer. The latter is preferred, the reason why you still see || so often is indeed because or is a more recent addition.
And the difference is indeed just their precedence, or behaves more appropriately for this kind of functionality.
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