short-circuiting

How does the `||` work in Perl?

How does the || works in Perl? I want to achieve c style || operation. @ARRAY=qw(one two THREE four); $i=0; if(($ARRAY[2] ne "three")||($ARRAY[2] ne "THREE")) #What's the problem with this { print ":::::$ARRAY[2]::::::\n"; } while(($ARRAY[$i] ne "three")||($ARRAY[$i] ne "THREE")) #This goes to infinite loop { pri...

In C++, why does true && true || false && false = true?

I'd like to know if someone knows the way a compiler would interpret the following code: #include <iostream> using namespace std; int main() { cout << (true && true || false && false) << endl; // true } Is this true because && has a higher precedence than || or because || is a short-circuit operator (in other words, does a short cir...