Why is there no or or and ?

[Daren Scot Wilson]

On Friday, 17 February 2012 at 16:43:54 UTC, F i L wrote:

>
> I just don't see an argument for why we *shouldn't* make 
> mathematical operations in code match those we where taught as 
> children as close as possible.
>

There is a profound difference in that math is mostly about 
making a series of static statements, universal or temporary 
facts of relationships between things, while programming is all 
about describing operations to be performed, even if hidden by 
functional or object costume.

Math may use operators and functions, and programming sometimes 
assertions of relations, which makes reality not so clean cut 
simple, but this is the essential difference.

It does not serve any purpose to insist on closely similar 
notations.