Yup, that’s my interpretation too. It just doesn’t sit well with all the other operators.
All the others are phrased as direct questions about the values of A and B:
A AND B = “Are A and B both true?”
A OR B = “Are either A or B true, or both?”
A NAND B = “Is (A AND B) not true?”
A IMPLIES B = “Is it possible, hypothetically speaking, for it to be the case that A implies B, given the current actual values of A and B?”
You see the issue?
Edit: looking online, some people see it as: “If A is true, take the value of B.” A implies that you should take the value of B. But if A is false, you shouldn’t take the value of B, instead you should use the default value which is inexplicably defined to be true for this operation.
This is slightly more satisfying but I still don’t like it. The implication (ha) that true is the default value for a boolean doesn’t sit right with me. I don’t even feel comfortable with a boolean having a default value, let alone it being true instead of false which would be more natural.
Yup, that’s my interpretation too. It just doesn’t sit well with all the other operators.
All the others are phrased as direct questions about the values of A and B:
You see the issue?
Edit: looking online, some people see it as: “If A is true, take the value of B.” A implies that you should take the value of B. But if A is false, you shouldn’t take the value of B, instead you should use the default value which is inexplicably defined to be
truefor this operation.This is slightly more satisfying but I still don’t like it. The implication (ha) that
trueis the default value for a boolean doesn’t sit right with me. I don’t even feel comfortable with a boolean having a default value, let alone it beingtrueinstead offalsewhich would be more natural.Edit 2: fixed a brain fart for A NAND B