I find it's most often people say "or" when they mean xor, and "and/or" when the...

tlrobinson · on Jan 28, 2009

The "and/or" thing actually sort of makes sense if you take "or" to mean "xor", since (A XOR B) OR (A AND B) equals (A OR B)

smanek · on Jan 28, 2009

So, slash is really 'or'?

Oh, my head.

tlrobinson · on Jan 29, 2009

    english   logic
    -------   -----
    and       AND
    or        XOR
    /         OR

Actually, since (A XOR B) and (A AND B) are mutually exclusive, (A XOR B) XOR (A AND B) also equals (A OR B), so "/" could be "XOR" too.