On Thursday, October 31, 2002, at 10:36 PM, Michael Lazzaro wrote:
So while I understand the philosophical/semantic reasons for the
absence of a true boolean type, I wonder how easy it will be to
describe the principle to newcomers, and if it's worth it. When
someone asks "what's the boolean type in Perl?" I'd rather answer
"bit" than "Perl doesn't have one", if for no other reason than the
latter answer will completely freak them out. :-)
How do you answer that question when it's asked of Perl 5?
David
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