Re: SGI's C++ compiler and the boolean type

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From: Andrew Koenig
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 13:08

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In article <4kg6fv$h7k@nic.ftns.no> art@mother.idg.no writes:

> And some argue that true should be -1, because then bitwise not works:

> ~(true = -1) == (false = 0)
> ~(false = 0) == (true = -1)

... and  (3<4)==true   fails.
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				--Andrew Koenig
				  ark@research.att.com

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From: ark@research.att.com (Andrew Koenig)
Subject: Re: SGI's C++ compiler and the boolean type
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