XPost: alt.usage.english, soc.culture.german   
   From: kehoea@parhasard.net   
      
    Ar an tríú lá is fiche de mí Meitheamh, scríobh Ruud Harmsen:   
      
    > >>>~0 & ~0 & 1 = 1 is the boolean logic that applies.   
    > >>   
    > >> What do you mean by ~? Not? How is don't know a not.   
    > >   
    > >~ is indeed not.   
    > >   
    > >Saying "don't know" is the *exclusion* of "no" as a possible state,   
    > >because if "no" was this guy's intention he would have correctly   
    > >answered "no" rather than "don't know".   
    >   
    > In the C programming language, ~0 is the same as 1, or true.   
      
   !0 (logical not) is the same as 1, ~0 (bitwise not) is the same as 0xffffffff   
   or whatever the equivalent value is on your machine for the int value with all   
   its bits set. And this is usually the same as -1. Which is regarded as   
   logically true in C.   
      
   This is nit-picking, getting into the weeds of C, your point basically stands.   
      
    > In your reasoning, it could also be the exclusio of yes as a possible   
    > answer.   
      
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