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Re:Literals in Programming Languages by cpeterso on Thursday February 28, 2013 @03:47AM (#5297774)
In Visual Basic, False is 0 and True is -1.
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Re:Literals in Programming Languages by eterm on Thursday February 28, 2013 @05:23AM (#5298036)
-1 == 1 (mod 2) [But yes, this is Yet Another Reason vb can be irritating to the seasoned programmer.]
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Re:Literals in Programming Languages by saurik on Thursday February 28, 2013 @06:53AM (#5298244)
(I always found VB's definition more obvious, given that -1 == ~0.)
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