Re: BETWEEN

John Doty wrote:
> Jerry Avins wrote:
>> Albert van der Horst wrote:
>>
>>   ...
>>
>>>     return
>>>         ( j<=i && i<k ) ||
>>>         ( jp<=ip && ip<kp ) ;
>>
>> Lovely! (J.D. take note.) C is *so* much more readable and intuitive 
>> than Forth.
> 
> You snipped the unreadable Forth. I doubt there's a single person I've 
> ever worked with on software (including those who have used Forth) who 
> would find the Forth version more readable. And lately I've worked with 
> a number of people who really like Albert's kind of short-circuit 
> expression (in various languages). I agree completely with what Albert 
> wrote. His C clearly reveals what's subtle about this problem, while 
> Forth obfuscates it.

We didn't need the Forth. My only point was that intuitive to the 
uneducated reader is not a useful criterion for any language except 
pseudocode. Real programming languages follow the Popeye Principle: "I 
am what I am because that's what I am. I'm Popeye the Sailor Man." 
Paraphrased, "It is what it is because that's what it is. It's [fill 
name in here].

Jerry
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