Can we introduce the concept of XOR into normal English please? For those who weren't electrical/computer engineers or studied logic in philosophy... XOR simply means "A or B, but not both." I propose we pronounce it with a z.
- Dropping the word xor in regular speech would be awesome.
- This would actually be useful.
For example, I'm currently working on a patent where we have to be very careful what we say, and keeping track of all of the ands and ors in the document is downright annoying. If we had a separate word for xor, my job would be a lot easier.
What's the next step to get this process started... urban dictionary? Should we include nand in there as well? Are there others I'm forgetting?
Like it xor not, I'm going to start using xor all the time now.
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As a non-native speaker I thought that for such purposes you can use the either & or structure...
ReplyDeleteAs a curiosity perhaps, the Germans have the word "Jein" which is made of mergin the first letter of Yes = "Ja" and the last three letters of No = "nEIN" and means yes and no, but not yes or no.