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From: jcl@bdrc.bd.com (John C. Lusth)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: TRUE and FALSE
Summary: get with the program, guys!
Keywords: sarcasm, obvious sarcasm, extremely obvious sarcasm
Message-ID: <1002@bdrc.bdrc.bd.com>
Date: 7 Sep 90 15:26:59 GMT
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Reply-To: jcl@bdrc.UUCP (John C. Lusth)
Organization: Becton Dickinson Rsrch Cntr, RTP, NC
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Rahul Dhesi writes:
<When I find somebody who really, really, really wants to define TRUE
<and FALSE, even somebody who uses them for assignment only, I recommend
<the following defines instead:
<
<     #define ZERO   0
<     #define ONE    1
<
<These are so much more clear than TRUE and FALSE, and if you use
<them in a test, you know exactly what you're testing!

Concerning the various disparaging remarks about the stupidity
of the above defines:

Jeez, guys, don't you know sarcasm when you see it?  Defining
TRUE and FALSE in C is just about as stupid as defining ZERO and ONE.

john
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John C. Lusth, Becton Dickinson Research Center, RTP, NC, jcl@bdrc.bd.com