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The FileMaker developer community seems to consist of people with quite a wide range of backgrounds, much more so than is the case with developers from other programming languages and software development platforms.
I suspect this is a consequence of the rapid application development (RAD) nature of the platform and its lower learning curve.
This makes it possible for individuals to change course in their careers once they serendipitously encounter FileMaker and see how easy and fun software development can be.
This diversity of backgrounds is a strength of the FileMaker platform, but one of the consequences is that many of the developers come to FileMaker without much formal computer science training.
Boolean Algebra
This blog post is intended to provide one small, tiny lesson that I recall from one of my computer science classes (taken long ago). The "lesson" has to do with Boolean algebra which describes the rules for how Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) are evaluated.
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