Re: [OT] is there any theory behind (|) being false?

[Hallvard Breien Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no>]

On 2013-08-08 06:47, Zhang Weiwu wrote:
> Quote from RFC 4526:
> > An 'and' filter with zero elements always evaluates to True.  An 'or' 
> > filter with zero elements always evaluates to False.
>
> My question is, is there any theory this decision is based on, or is
> it randomly chosen?
>
> Why not (&) being false, and (|) being true?

AND is false if there is a false component.
OR  is true  if there is a true  component.

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Hallvard