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Three-valued Boolean Logic

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Shortly about chickens and roads…

Why did the chicken cross the road?
Because 1 > NULL AND cross_the_road()

I bet you have heard about the chicken and you know at least a dozen reasons why it had crossed the road. I wouldn’t bet, though, that you have heard about the three-valued logic. And this one is interesting, it even makes the chicken cross the road. The answer to the above question could also be given as: Because it (the chicken) didn’t short-circuit evaluate. What does it all mean? Continue reading