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Trick XOR Treat (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 week ago by wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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Definitely a repost, but it fits the season

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[–] blindsight@beehaw.org 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

XNOR is so ambiguously named.

Every time, I'm like: The inverse of XOR? Or the inverse of NOR? Oh, right, NOR is already the inverse of OR, so X-NOR is just OR, so XNOR must be the inverse of XOR.

[–] MarauderIIC@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

It's NOR, but the blank spots (because "N"OR) are exclusive - the blank spots can't overlap.