From: Stefan Rusterholz <apeiros@...>
Date: 2008-08-25T05:41:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Why 'if 0' succeeds in Ruby

matu wrote:
> Dave Bass wrote:
> 
>> False and nil are two quite different concepts and should not be
>> conflated.
> 
> I agree with you. I am also used to this. nil should never == true, and
> neither be == false. Every comparison with nil should just fail.

Well, I suggest you actually try the expression 'nil == false' in irb.
I think you'll be happy to see that it *is* false. Nil in ruby does NOT 
equal false.
As in my earlier post, it only is conditionally false, which is a whole 
different beast.

Regards
Stefan (apeiros)
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