PhilGoetz comments on Updating, part 1: When can you change your mind? The binary model - Less Wrong

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 18 May 2010 04:14:37AM *  0 points [-]

The code is written that way to accomodate the continuous case. I think people who aren't C or assembly programmers will find the not(xor) more confusing; and people who are programmers will find the second unfamiliar.

Comment author: whpearson 18 May 2010 09:42:20AM 1 point [-]

I'm mainly saying the code is a bit opaque at the moment.

If you want to keep the continuous case, fine.

As long as you defined the same or similar function somewhere else, programmers would be fine.

Commenting the code would help people get to grips with it, if you don't want to change it.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 19 May 2010 01:47:09AM 1 point [-]

Good idea. Comments it is.