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[–] Tja@programming.dev 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And you all complained when in C we used 1 and 0...

[–] npcknapsack@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We use 0 and not 0...

[–] Tja@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Akcshually we use 0 and "not equal 0", since "not 0" would be 0xFF..FF, and (at least gcc) gives back a 1 for a true expression. No idea about the spec, probably undefined...

[–] npcknapsack@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Damn you for correcting me correctly! :D