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tinco
4352 days ago
No, I think one would assume they are all directives, and therefore the computer would complain about the third one which is a contradiction.
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twic
4352 days ago
Exactly. To a non-programmer, even a mathematician (
especially
a mathematician), the example is a cousin of:
Men are mortal Socrates is a man Socrates is not mortal
Which doesn't assign anything to anyone, it just isn't true.
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