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Re: [PATCH] diff-cache path restriction fix.

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
May 25, 2005, 19:14 UTC
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>>>>> "IM" == Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> writes:

IM> ... But if someone has a strong math IM> background (Junio?) then the "1 < x < 5" syntax could be the natural IM> thing he got used to.

I was trained by somebody with a strong math background, but I suspect he insisted that ordering not from math reasons. The reason given to me was "visual ordering".

I suck at math myself.  I even get confused when people do
    return !!some_function();
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Message 12 of 17 in “diff-cache path restriction fix.”
  1. diff-cache path restriction fix.Junio C Hamano, May 25, 2005
  2. Linus TorvaldsMay 25, 2005
  3. Junio C HamanoMay 25, 2005
  4. Linus TorvaldsMay 25, 2005
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 25, 2005
  6. Russ AllberyMay 25, 2005
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 25, 2005
  8. Linus TorvaldsMay 25, 2005
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 25, 2005
  10. Ingo MolnarMay 25, 2005
  11. Linus TorvaldsMay 25, 2005
  12. Junio C HamanoMay 25, 2005
  13. Thomas GlanzmannMay 25, 2005
  14. Matthias UrlichsMay 25, 2005
  15. [OT] if (4 < number_of_children) you're in troubleJunio C Hamano, May 28, 2005
  16. Ingo MolnarMay 25, 2005
  17. Florian WeimerMay 25, 2005

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