Any pros/cons to using the “and” operator vs the && operator? I personally think “and” is only going to cause confusion (ironically).
If there aren’t any differences, why does it exist? It seems silly and unnecessary.
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Any pros/cons to using the “and” operator vs the && operator? I personally think “and” is only going to cause confusion (ironically).
If there aren’t any differences, why does it exist? It seems silly and unnecessary.
They’re anachronisms – they were originally introduced to accomodate folks who didn’t have “^” or “|” characters on their keyboards.
Furthermore, although “and” and “&&” are equivalent … “and” and “&” are quite different. Using “and” instead of “&&” is simply confusing on a number of different levels, for several different reasons. Including giving the poor maintenance programmer a completely unnecessary “wtf?” experience.
I would not use them in any code. And I’ve certainly never seen them used in any “live” code.
IMHO…
Here’s a bit more on the topic, if you’re interested:
The written versions of the logical operators
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/ciso646/
https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/operator_alternative