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		ronsor 58 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: System.LongBool Isn't the usual definition of true "not 0" (or rather "not false")?

kg 58 days ago [–]

In VB, True was 0xFFFFFFFF - bitwise not 0 - instead of logical not 0 (1).

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