Re: basic BASIC question

On 1/31/2025 5:05 PM, Dan Cross wrote:

In article <679d26bd$0$713$14726298@news.sunsite.dk>,
Arne Vajhøj  <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:

But there is no consistency between languages.
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 I don't know why this should be surprising?

I don't know if it is surprising, but it is inconsistent.
                  Fortran       Pascal        C          Basic
true literal       -1             1      usually 1    usually -1
false literal       0             0          0            0
test            low bit set  low bit set   not 0        not 0
4 languages - 4 ways of doing it.
Arne