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minus-squareOneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up37·11 months agoI kinda wish xor (pronounced “zor”?) would enter the common English lexicon. It’d be so useful to just have different words for inclusive or vs exclusive or.
minus-squareZink@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up50·11 months agoI’ve always heard and said it as “ex-or.”
minus-squareDrownedRats@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·11 months agoEx-or makes much more sense considering it stands for EXclusive OR.
minus-squareDriftinGrifter@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up11·11 months agoI hate it it makes sense but i hate it
minus-squareOneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoIt does make sense, but I feel like it’s severely lacking in the mouth feel department.
minus-squarePeWu@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-211 months agoIn my language you just can say ksor (ks sounds like ‘x’, but without ‘e’)
minus-squareSkippingRelax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoYes but how do we pronounce xenon in your language?
minus-squarePeWu@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoKsenon. (I need to correct myself for the comparison, see above)
I kinda wish xor (pronounced “zor”?) would enter the common English lexicon. It’d be so useful to just have different words for inclusive or vs exclusive or.
I’ve always heard and said it as “ex-or.”
Ex-or makes much more sense considering it stands for EXclusive OR.
I hate it it makes sense but i hate it
It does make sense, but I feel like it’s severely lacking in the mouth feel department.
In my language you just can say ksor (ks sounds like ‘x’, but without ‘e’)
Yes but how do we pronounce xenon in your language?
Ksenon. (I need to correct myself for the comparison, see above)