[cbs]

But in dealing with language here, there are subtle differences in connotation between the two options.

We're not dealing in language, formal symbols exist to remove the ambiguity of language.

Plain and simple, the symbols used don't mean what the poster thinks they mean.

[hackinthebochs]

The symbols are simply shorthand. Trying to parse it as a mathematical equation was your mistake, not his.

[cbs]

Pies and cactus.

Jackalope.

If you read the above as anything other than a nuanced and well reasoned response thats your mistake, not mine.