31 May
2007
31 May
'07
10:33 p.m.
I think it's mathematical convention more than the C convention Haskell is agreeing with.
I think so, too. In Boolean algebra (which predates computers, much less C), FALSE has traditionally been associated with 0, and TRUE with 1. And since 1 > 0, TRUE > FALSE. The question, however, still remains: why False = 0 and True 1? I appreciate that it's so in boolean algebra but why? Why not True = 0 and False = 1? A Boolean value denotees veracity whereas an ordered value concerns magnitude (priority), indeed, order!! Thanks, Paul