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   Dave Froble to All   
   Re: basic BASIC question   
   31 Jan 25 11:39:47   
   
   From: davef@tsoft-inc.com   
      
   On 1/31/2025 10:18 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   > Is it common to use:   
   >   
   > declare integer constant TRUE = -1   
   > declare integer constant FALSE = 0   
   >   
   >   
   > ?   
   >   
   > Arne   
   >   
      
   It works.  Doesn't really matter if declared a constant.  Zero is false,   
   anything else is true.  Using 1 vs -1 has been more my experience.   
      
   Perhaps the concept of true and false isn't as clear in Basic as in some   
   languages.   
      
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