In <[email protected]> Steven D'Aprano 
<[email protected]> writes:

> > But it takes ever-so-slightly more effort to do so.

> Slightly more effort than what alternative? How would you communicate the
> idea of *not* asking for X without using the concept of "not"?

I wasn't commenting directly to the "ask not..." quote; I was referring
upthread to the choice between

    not 0 <= x <= 10

and

    x < 0 or x > 10

Both are of course understandable, but in my opinion, the latter one takes
slightly less effort to grok.

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