Why it's so hard to understand?

Posted Jun 4, 2010 23:37 UTC (Fri) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
In reply to: Why it's so hard to understand? by baldridgeec
Parent article: The road forward for systemd

"Either" (in normal English usage) does *not* imply the two sides of the "or" are exclusive.

"You can borrow my car if you do either A or B" - in other words I don't care which you do and you could do both if you wish. "either" is a filler word which implies "xor" but doesn't require it. If you *really* mean XOR, you have to say "either but not both".

Cheers,
Wol