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From: Gene Wirchenko
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2018 16:06

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On Sat, 28 Apr 2018 10:40:18 -0000 (UTC), "Kerr-Mudd,John"
<nots...@invalid.org> wrote:

>On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 23:39:27 GMT, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> 
>wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 16:33:29 -0500

[snip]

>>> True should return *one*...  zero is false.
>> 
>>      In C yes, but the value returned by main is handed to the 
>execution
>> environment, in this case a shell where 0 is true and any non-zero 
>value
>> false.

>-1 is true all else is false. Bring back ones complement! </loony 
>heretic>

     That is *two's* complement.  Please get your heresy right.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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