On Tue, 11 Dec 2007, Rick Stevens wrote: > Glad to hear it. BTW, the evaluation order is significant with an > optimized system. In a chain of "ands" such as "a and b and c", if a is > true and b is false, there's no reason to even evaluate c, since the > proposition is already false. Most systems take advantage of that to > speed execution. Yes, it technically violates Boole's laws, but what > the heck? Not really. Boole's laws don't say anything about the amount of work one is supposed to do to get an answer. In any case, it's find's laws that matter and the find documentation is clear on the subject. -and is roughly the && of C and -or is roughly the || of C. -- Mike hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Horse guts never lie." -- Cherek Bear-Shoulders
