Linked to my new LangDev StackExchange question

AEC_specification.html

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         <a href="https://langdev.stackexchange.com/q/4071/330"
           >a StackExchange question about that</a
         >, which received many upvotes.<br />
+        <b>UPDATE</b> on 12/01/2025: Why do many programming languages (C,
+        JavaScript...) use the symbol <span class="inline_code">||</span> (two
+        vertical parallel lines) to mean &quot;<i>or</i>&quot;? My guess is that
+        the etymology of that is the fact that two switches connected in
+        parallel form a primitive or-gate, similar to how two switches connected
+        in a serie form a primitive and-gate. I've opened
+        <a href="https://langdev.stackexchange.com/q/4257/330"
+          >a question about it on StackExchange</a
+        >.<br />
         <br /><b id="Branching">Branching</b><br />
         Branching is supported only via <span class="inline_code">If</span>,
         <span class="inline_code">If</span>-<span class="inline_code">Else</span