RimuMar 6, 2025

Falsehoods programmers believe about languages

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Falsehoods programmers believe about languages

> I can’t believe nobody has done this list yet. I mean, there is one about names, one about time and many others on other topics, but not one abou…

Show threadMyNameIsRichardMar 6, 2025

Every language has words for yes and no.

Assuming yes and no means true and false, c has numbers (1, 0) for yes and no and c++ can use those numbers for yes and no because it is a superset of c.

Show threadhddsxMar 6, 2025
Technically, 0 is true and 1 is false. !0 is 1, though, IIRC
Show threadSpaceNoodleMar 6, 2025
Confidently incorrect.
Show threadNostraDavid
Until you use exit codes, which flips the logic.
Mar 6, 2025 at 11:12amWeb