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   On 31/01/2025 16:03, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   > On 1/31/2025 10:28 AM, Robert A. Brooks wrote:   
   >> On 1/31/2025 10:18, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   >>> Is it common to use:   
   >>>   
   >>> declare integer constant TRUE = -1   
   >>> declare integer constant FALSE = 0   
   >>   
   >> Yeah, I've seen that a lot, especially code that started on the PDP-11.   
   >   
   > In this case it is brand new code being written on VMS x86-64.   
   >   
   > But there are special circumstances. I want to write the   
   > same code in Pascal, Basic and Cobol. I started writing the   
   > Pascal version. And I used true and false.   
   >   
   > Arne   
   >   
      
   I often get confused which languages/variants redefine True and False. I   
   can find many thousands in my old codebase!   
      
   --   
   Chris   
      
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