From: John Johnson <johnatl@...>
Date: 2006-04-25T00:14:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Zero is true, but it isn't


On 20-Apr-2006, at 08:05, Austin Ziegler wrote:
>> Most common is 0 := false, 1 := true as you already know.
>> I think in Visual Basic it is 0 := false, -1 := true
>> Also possible 0 := false, not 0 := true
>
> And the argument against 0 being false is shell scripts, where 0 is 
> true.
>

Perhaps 0 in this context is SUCCESS, and anything else is an error?

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