[geofft]

On the other hand, if it were actually the case that people kept turning on the wipers instead of signaling their turns, it would be a sign that we should figure out how to make these two different operations not use symmetrical levers, and that it would be okay to change people's expectations because those expectations weren't very firm.

In aircraft, where it matters a whole lot more that you don't confuse the various levers, the handle of the landing gear lever is shaped like a little wheel and the handle of the flaps lever is shaped like a little wing edge: https://aviation.stackexchange.com/a/22689

Typing "and"/"bitand" seems like the same sort of thing. It's a minor change, but it prevents errors.

[TeMPOraL]

Wish it was consistent, though.

'josefx is right in saying[0] these are still primarily hacks around encoding issues.

  | meaning | what is | what should have been |
  |---------+---------+-----------------------|
  | &&      | and     | and                   |
  | &=      | and_eq  | bitand_eq             |
  | &       | bitand  | bitand                |
  | |       | bitor   | bitor                 |
  | ~       | compl   | bitcompl              |
  | !       | not     | not                   |
  | !=      | not_eq  | not_eq                |
  | ||      | or      | or                    |
  | |=      | or_eq   | bitor_eq              |
  | ^       | xor     | bitxor                |
  | ^=      | xor_eq  | bitxor_eq             |

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[0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27928276