something like "if" that returns a value?

[Paul Rudin]

>>>>> "John" == John Roth <johnroth at ameritech.net> writes:


 John> The 'and' 'or' hack is the cannonical way of doing this. It
 John> short circuits properly, and it returns the value of the
 John> expression that was evaluated.

But it doesn't always short circuit properly, does it?  x and y or z,
will evaluate both of y and z in some circumstances.