logical operators

[sohrab_niazi]

plz tell me about logical oprators in depth. with its history that wat was the purpose it was develop. tell me site whcih is specific to these operator. plz tell me in instance time becos i have to give present on this topic. thnx

[Nathan Pruett]

Here's a page on Sun's website that describes the logical operators in Java and gives the mathematics and diagrams behind them - http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/nutsandbolts/bitwise.html

They are usually called boolean operations, because they were invented by a chap by the name of George Boole... here's a page that gives a short biography of him, along with some more mathematics and diagrams - http://www.digitalcentury.com/encyclo/update/boole.html

-Nate

P.S - Could you please re-register with a space in your name instead of an underscore? It's part of the JavaRanch naming conventions... Thanks!
[This message has been edited by Nathan Pruett (edited October 11, 2001).]