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While the Iverson bracket was adopted into mainstream mathematics, it's use has not been very widespread. Donald Knuth has argued strongly for its wider use. | While the Iverson bracket was adopted into mainstream mathematics, it's use has not been very widespread. Donald Knuth has argued strongly for its wider use. | ||
In APL, the Iverson bracket is implied in all logical propositions, for example < | In APL, the Iverson bracket is implied in all logical propositions, for example <syntaxhighlight lang=apl inline>4≥3</source> evaluates to <syntaxhighlight lang=apl inline>1</source> and <syntaxhighlight lang=apl inline>'hello'≡'world'</source> evaluates to <syntaxhighlight lang=apl inline>0</source>. | ||
== Publications == | == Publications == | ||