From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2003-07-15T22:56:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Booleans

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@mail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 7:16 AM
Subject: Re: Booleans


> Ok, see, I have absolutely no problem understanding the concept.
> Easy as pie.  I know that 0 is true, and I know why it is true.
> But a couple decades of programming habits step in and write things
> (like "if n" where I intended "if n==0") on my behalf long before
> my brain can step in and think "But what is Truth?  Is Truth 
> unchanging law?"

Don't forget to wash your hands... ;)

Hal