[R] !0 + !0 == !0 - !0

Ben Bolker bbolker at gmail.com
Mon Mar 18 14:07:03 CET 2013


Bert Gunter <gunter.berton <at> gene.com> writes:

> 
> But this has nothing to do with 7.31 and everything to do with operator
> precedence and automatic casting  from integers to logical and vice-versa.
> 
> I also think it fair to say that all (??) languages have these sorts of
> malapropisms due to operator precedence.
> 

  Maybe FAQ 7.31 was referred to not for its direct relevance but as
a measure of the "old-hand-ness" of the people who will get the joke.
I have to admit it took me a minute ...

  Ben Bolker



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