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From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: [C programming syle poll] conditionals
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Date: Thu, 26-Apr-84 02:23:01 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 26 02:23:01 1984
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K&R, p.41:

	... relational expressions like  i > j  and logical expressions
	connected by  &&  and  ||  are defined to have value 1 if true,
	and 0 if false.

So any compiler that generates -1 or 0 for "y == x" is just plain
wrong.

I won't argue about which style is "better"; that's a personal
decision, as far as I'm concerned.
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