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Article #623230Re: Tahoe and Alpha Architectures
From: Ahem A Rivets Shot
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2018 13:32
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2018 13:32
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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. -- 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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