Frank Heckenbach wrote:
When updating the documentation, Peter N Lewis and I came to the problem how to describe the Boolean values `True' and `False'.
Peter suggested "true (conforming to reality) and false (different from reality", but I think "reality" is not a good term here (what do computer programs have to do with reality, anyway ;-).
What about this? "True" stands for a condition which is always fullfilled - such as "2 = 2" - and "False" stands for a condition which is never fullfilled - such as "1 = 0". Formally spoken, "condition" ties it "too much" to the usage in "if" statements etc. - but this is what Boolean values are used for in reality. ;-) In order to illustrate that other uses are possible at all, an example with a Boolean variable should follow. Just my 2 CentiEuro, Peter -- WARNING: Do not execute! This software is patented! See: http://swpat.ffii.org/patents/txt/ep/0394/160/ echo -ne PROGRESS\\r;for i in `seq 8`;do sleep 1;echo -n %;done;echo