From: Wyss Clemens Date: 2001-06-16T23:09:06+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:16539] Re: why only nil and false are regarded as false? > Because some languages require strict boolean for conditions, I think > we can live with these two false values. Java has only one false > value, we have two. too bad we got two. One would have been enough! ;-) Clemens (a Smalltalker)