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		di4na on Feb 13, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Three Ways of XOR The real problem is that you can not short circuit with XOR.

delian66 on Feb 13, 2017 | [–]

You have to evaluate both arguments to a XOR op to know its result. Short circuiting it has no natural meaning.

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