From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net   
      
   In article <679d001e$0$713$14726298@news.sunsite.dk>,   
   Arne Vajhøj   wrote:   
   >On 1/31/2025 11:39 AM, Dave Froble wrote:   
   >> 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   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> ?   
   >>   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   >I got the impression that the manual/compiler prefer -1 over 1.   
   >   
   >print not 0%   
   >   
   >does print -1.   
      
   This sort of makes some sense when one considers the bit   
   representation of `-1` on a 2s complement machine (all bits 1).   
      
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