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Why is true == 0x1 and false == 0x0?

Frankie68 · 2002-05-03T09:26:19

Just a question: true is equal to 000000000000000000000000000001 and false is equal to 0000000000000000000000000000000. Why isn''t true equal to 111111111111111111111111111111? THat uses the same amount of memory, but you are sure that the value stays in the memory. You just count the number of one''s and if it is more than 16, you are sure that it is a true and with false vice versa. It will be just as fast and it will be better, wouldn''t it be? OK, I don''t knor it for sure, but maybe someonewill know...

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Started by Frankie68 May 01, 2002 08:41 AM

31 comments, last by Frankie68 21 years, 11 months ago

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May 03, 2002 08:30 AM

quote:Original post by Sandman
Original post by SabreMan
I''m not really sure what you''re on about with the value "staying in memory".

Sometimes, a very small 1 can look almost identical to a large 0. If you only have a single 1 to look at, and it just happens to be a small 1, then the computer might mistake it for a 0 and get confused.

Computers dosent get confused!

Only error.