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Falsehoods programmers believe about languages (www.lexiconista.com)

submitted 22 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I can’t believe nobody has done this list yet. I mean, there is one about names, one about time and many others on other topics, but not one about languages yet (except one honorable mention that comes close). So, here’s my attempt to list all the misconceptions and prejudices I’ve come across in the course of my long and illustrious career in software localisation and language technology. Enjoy – and send me your own ones!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (3 children)

Every language has words for yes and no.

Assuming yes and no means true and false, c has numbers (1, 0) for yes and no and c++ can use those numbers for yes and no because it is a superset of c.

Technically, it's 0 and non-0 but I always use 1. They are integers rather than keywords.

[+] [email protected] -8 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (5 children)

Technically, 0 is false and anything else is true. !0 is 1, though, IIRC

[–] SpaceNoodle 3 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Confidently incorrect.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

Jesus. I mistyped that horrendously to make a point about !0

I read my comment just now waking up and went wtf

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

~~That's what I meant so I've edited my comment to hopefully make that a bit clearer.~~ Having actually tested it, because in C++ I use true/false, it is 0 that equals false and anything else is true. You'll have to forgive my lack of clarity. It's 03:02 and I've had about 2 hours sleep tonight and won't be getting any more. Time for a coffee.

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