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A comment on Dennis Ritchie on the priorities of && || vs. == etc. (1982). Parent comment

Re:Dennis Ritchie on the priorities of && || vs. == etc. (1982) by trealira on Saturday January 06, 2024 @03:18AM (#38889579)
Something nice in C is that "if (x)" is always equivalent to "if (x != 0)". NULL is a macro for 0, and so is false. Boolean expressions evaluate to 0 if they don't hold. This isn't true in C++, though.
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