When? Because the + symbol is often used to represent boolean OR, so T + T == T. | Hacker News

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moron4hire on July 14, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hidden features of Python

When? Because the + symbol is often used to represent boolean OR, so T + T == T.

praptak on July 14, 2010 | [–]

Two element finite field.

eru on July 14, 2010 | | [–]

Indeed. There + becomes isomorphic to XOR and * to AND.

tkahn6 on July 14, 2010 | [–]

Maybe with a one-bit half-adder?

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