Re: Patch: iff -> if

From: Albe Laurenz <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at>
To: "Nicolas Barbier *EXTERN*" <nicolas(dot)barbier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum <adsmail(at)wars-nicht(dot)de>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Patch: iff -> if
Date: 2014-04-18 07:08:25
Message-ID: A737B7A37273E048B164557ADEF4A58B17CF1799@ntex2010i.host.magwien.gv.at
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Nicolas Barbier wrote:
> 2014-04-17 Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>:
>> Is there no equivalent in German? For example in French there is "ssi".
>
> gdw (genau dann, wenn)

Sorry, but I as a German native speaker and mathematitian have never
encountered this abbreviation. I am familiar with "iff" though.

I think there just isn't a widely known German equivalent, and
(as Andreas has mentioned) symbols are usually used in writing.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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