1 matches bool, 2 matches long

[deadalnix]

On Saturday, 27 April 2013 at 19:51:48 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 4/26/2013 7:36 PM, Mehrdad wrote:
>> Walter, you're completely missing the point.
>
> I completely understand it is a perception problem. Some people 
> see bool as a 1 bit integer (including me). Some see bool as 
> something very distinct from integers (including you).
>

Don't be silly. You don't see them as 1 bit integer, as they 
convert by comparing to 0 and not truncating.

> What I find distressing about these kinds of threads is how 
> people dig in and so fortify their position on a rather trivial 
> matter and then it blows up into some do-or-die thing.

It is not like this issue is popping for the first time. When a 
source of tension exists, any complaint about it can crystallize 
easily.