Parallel versus sequential binding

If someone tells you they want to replace A’s with B’s and B’s with A’s, they are implicitly talking about parallel assignment. They almost certainly don’t mean “Replace all A’s with B’s. Then replace all B’s with A’s.” They expect the name of the Swedish pop group ABBA to be turned into “BAAB”, but if […] The post Parallel versus sequential binding first appeared on John D. Cook....

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