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Re:The Logical Disaster of Null by oldandtired on Thursday May 10, 2018 @01:40AM (#17036645)
A correction, there are no "tri-state booleans". Booleans are two state logic systems. Extended Booleans require 2 ^ n states where n is an integer >= 1.

Any other number of states automatically ensure that the logic is non-Boolean or non-Extended Boolean.

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Re:The Logical Disaster of Null by jovdg on Thursday May 10, 2018 @02:41AM (#17036864)
I'll just leave this here: https://thedailywtf.com/articles/What_Is_Truth_0x3f_
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Re:The Logical Disaster of Null by oldandtired on Thursday May 10, 2018 @05:22AM (#17037368)
Boolean has a specific mathematical/logical meaning and semantics. The moment you add a third state, it is no longer Boolean.

The interesting thing is that positive powers of 2 will also allow consistent extended Boolean logic and semantics.

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