"Wait a second" command

[Gaurav]

Baron,

"Boolean operators" only consist of AND, OR, XOR, and NOT, and combinations of the above. Boolean Algebra is the mathematics of the TRUE/FALSE (or 1/0, YES/NO, etc.) type. TRUE/FALSE are not operators, but literals (the names of the numbers). An operator is a symbol representing an operation, which is something that takes one or more inputs, does something, and results in an output. The other operators you suggest are unneeded in a Boolean system, because for example, A less than (&lt) B would be the same as NOT A AND B. Operators such as < are thus considered "conditional" operators because they take non-boolean input but do generate a strictly boolean result. A scripting engine, of course, requires a lot more than boolean operators to work.

Just FYI.

[ 27 April 2002: Message edited by: Gaurav ]