Thread: XOR truth table

I created an XOR true table using some of my old C language knowledge,

I showed my tutor and he said that creating such a table is considered redundent, but others argue it can be used to inplement C++'s flexability.

Here is the coce... What do you guys think about my tutors comment and the argument in general?

Personally, I think it is rather helpful.

Code:

#include <iostream>

using std::cout;
using std::endl;

// main function

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
	bool p, q;

	p = true;
	q = true;

	cout << p << " XOR " << q << " is " <<
		 ( ( p || q ) && !( p && q ) ) << "\n";

	p = false;
	q = true;

	cout << p << " XOR " << q << " is " <<
		 ( ( p || q ) && !( p && q ) ) << "\n";

	p = true;
	q = false;

	cout << p << " XOR " << q << " is " <<
		 ( ( p || q ) && !( p && q ) ) << "\n";

	p = false;
	q = false;

	cout << p << " XOR " << q << " is " <<
		 ( ( p || q ) && !( p && q ) ) << "\n";

	getchar();	// freeze output

	return 0;	// indicatres sucsessful termination
}

Since C/C++ has the ^ operator, doing it your way can be considered redundant.
Kurt

but then students more often than not get assignments that amount to implementing something that's available in the standard library (like lists, stacks, queues, etc.)

But get rid of those compiler specific things in there. Anything starting with an underscore is suspect by definition