Re: Understanding Booleans

[Jeffrey Carter <jrcarter@acm.org>]

Richard Riehle wrote:
> 
> Jeffrey Carter wrote:
> 
> > Preben Randhol wrote:
> > >
> > >       if Get_Active (Object) = True then
> >
> > Am I the only one who finds this objectionable? It ends up meaning the
> > same thing as
> >
> > if Get_Active (Object) then
> 
> As an old Fortranner, I find nothing objectionable in the first form.
> Moreover,
> I suspect some other old Fortranners might find it more readable.

As someone who started out using FORTRAN 66, I find the first form less
readable. That's part of my problem with it.

Perhaps "objectionable" was a poor word choice.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"Sons of a silly person."
Monty Python & the Holy Grail