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Article #623232Re: Tahoe and Alpha Architectures
From: Ahem A Rivets Shot
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2018 18:33
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2018 18:33
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On Sat, 28 Apr 2018 15:12:24 GMT scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) wrote: > Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> writes: > >On Sat, 28 Apr 2018 12:10:03 +0100 > >Gareth's Downstairs Computer > ><headstone255.but.n...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > >> On 27/04/2018 22:33, Charles Richmond wrote: > >> > True should return *one*... zero is false. > >> > > >> > >> Nah ... -1 otherwise NOT TRUE will not be the same > >> as FALSE, unless only a single bit is used as the > >> logic representation. > > > > In C the convention is 0 false, non=zero true, in shell it is the > >other way round. Strange considering that both conventions come from the > >same place and approximate time. > > Not so bad when you consider '0' as success, rather than true. The > utility named 'true' returns success to the shell by returning 0. Oh don't get me wrong both contexts make sense in themselves, it's just the juxtaposition that makes it seem odd. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:\>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/
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