When to prefer `and` over `andalso` in guard tests

Question

I am curious why the comma ‹,› is a shortcut for and and not andalso in guard tests.

Since I\'d call myself a “C native” I fail to see any shor

Answer 1

It's an historical reason. and was implemented before andalso, which was introduced in Erlang 5.1 (the only reference I can find right now is EEP-17). Guards have not been changed because of backwards compatibility.