XPost: alt.usage.english, soc.culture.german   
   From: rh@rudhar.com   
      
   Mon, 24 Jun 2024 10:26:32 +0100: Aidan Kehoe    
   scribeva:   
      
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   Yes, you are right, I mixed things up, although I usually know how to   
   distinguish them very well.   
      
   >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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