Why doesn't C have a boolean type?

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From: Paul D. Crowley
Date: Sun, 27 May 1990 14:16

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Yeah, I agree.  Some might think me mad, but my code includes lines like

if(c!='\0')

Makes it more obvious what you're trying to do.  And I _trust_ that any
half-decent optimiser will produce code that is no less efficient.
-- 
\/ o\ Paul Crowley aipdc@uk.ac.ed.castle
/\__/ "Trust me, I know what I'm doing" - Sledge Hammer

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From: aipdc@castle.ed.ac.uk (Paul D. Crowley)
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Subject: Why doesn't C have a boolean type?
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Date: 27 May 90 14:16:23 GMT
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