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Ruby and/or vs &&/||
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and_or.rb
# "and" and && are not synonymous in Ruby
# "and" and "or" have a much lower precedence
# "and" and "or" are more like control flow operators than boolean operators
do_this() or raise "Failure"
assign_me = 10 and assign_me / 2 # (assign_me = 10) and assign_me / 2 ... => 5
#vs
assign_me = 10 && assign_me / 2 # assign_me = (10 && assign_me) / 2 ... => undefined
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