[Python-Dev] Boolean transition
Paul Prescod
paul@prescod.net
Mon, 11 Mar 2002 12:45:36 -0800
Tim Peters wrote:
>
> [Greg Ewing]
> > The fact that they use a notation for that at all suggests
> > that even they didn't go so far as to regard booleans as
> > *identical* to integers.
>
> Of course. But if Knuth continues growing more sensible over the years, in
> about a decade he'll rediscover APL <wink>.
I'll just thread as: "Booleans as a subtype of integers enables
APL-style programming." <0.3 wink>
Paul Prescod