Why is there no ^^ operator in C/C++?
& has && . | has || . Why doesn't ^ have ^^ ? I understand that it wouldn't be short-circuiting, but it would have different semantics. In C, true is really any non-zero value. Bitwise XOR is not always the same thing as logical XOR: int a=strcmp(str1,str2);// evaluates to 1, which is "true" int b=strcmp(str1,str3);// evaluates to 2, which is also "true" int c=a ^^ b; // this would be false, since true ^ true = false int d=a ^ b; //oops, this is true again, it is 3 (^ is bitwise) Since you can't always rely on a true value being 1 or -1 , wouldn't a ^^ operator be very helpful? I often have to