Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 Mar 2006 10:12:20 -0800 | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: [patch 1/1] consolidate TRUE and FALSE |
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On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:00:47 +0000 Al Viro wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 06:41:12PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > I assume that when you are not used to see 'bool', 'true' and 'false' > > then they hurt the eye, but when used to it it looks natural. > > Five words: kernel is written in C. > > Not in Pascal. Not in C++. Not in Algol. "When used to (something > non-idiomatic in C) it becomes natural" is not a valid argument.
C (C99) now includes booleans. Are we stuck pre-C99?
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