[Python-Dev] Boolean transition

2002年3月11日 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