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Re: [PATCH 21/21] Fixed typo.


From: Jamie Ramone
Subject: Re: [PATCH 21/21] Fixed typo.
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 19:21:10 -0300

Actually, it means "if and only if". It translates to \Leftrightarrow(double implication) or \equiv (equivalence), which are the same thing, in mathematics and naturally, in computer science.


On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Jean-Charles BERTIN <address@hidden> wrote:
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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