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Re: [PATCH 21/21] Fixed typo.


From: Jean-Charles BERTIN
Subject: Re: [PATCH 21/21] Fixed typo.
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:51:32 +0100

Didn't know that "iff" means "if and exactly if" but we have the
same abbreviation in french: "ssi" for "si et seulement si" !

On Wed, 2013-02-27 at 22:24 +0100, Fred Kiefer wrote:
> On 27.02.2013 17:29, Jean-Charles BERTIN wrote:
> > ---
> >   Headers/Foundation/NSGeometry.h | 2 +-
> >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> I think the use of "iff" here wasn't a typo, it was rather intentional. 
> In mathematical and computer science contexts "iff" gets used quite 
> often to mean "if and exactly if", that is when the implication holds in 
> both directions.
> 

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