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What does negative true mean? According to the interpreter it means True.

If - True Then MsgBox(0, "", (- True = True))

While this may have practical application, it still appears to be meaningless to say True = -True. True is niether positive nor negative. The question I want to ask is whether this is purely a design choice, or if there is some deeper signiicance to why the interpreter does not differentiate between positive and negative boolean values.

Perhaps I ought to follow the same indifference in my three value logic system, but I thought asking first might throw some new light on the subject. There still seem to be some holes in this particular bucket.

MsgBox(0, "", (True = - True)) ; True
MsgBox(0, "", (True = Abs(- True))) ; True
MsgBox(0, "", (- True = Abs(- True))) ; False

While it is clear to me what is going on internally, on the surface it appears to be a broken system (as far as logic is concerned). What are your thoughts?

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Traditionally in computing the definition of false is zero, and the definition of true is non zero. By applying a mathematical operation to a boolean value you are creating an integer value.

True = -True as both are non zero, and the comparison is a boolean one.

True = Abs(-True) is the same as above

-True != Abs(-True) as the comparison is now between two integers. -1 != 1

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Good explanation Mat. So do you suggest I ought to allow negative numbers and just ignore the sign in my new version of The current version rejects them. From my own perspective it makes no difference, however I fail to see the justification for allowing negatives. It seems improper use and ought really to throw an exception.

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WOw, that must have been a very long time ago.

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