On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 03:33:41AM +0100,
PR Stanley
The question, however, still remains: why False = 0 and True 1?
Arbitrary decision? On a similar case, the ISO 5218 standard, representation of human gender (http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/c036266_ISO_IEC_521...) says: Data elements Code Not known 0 (zero) Male 1 (one) Female 2 (two) Not applicable 9 (nine) and warns: No significance is to be placed upon the fact that "Male" is coded "1" and "Female" is coded "2". This standard was developed based upon predominant practices of the countries involved and does not convey any meaning of importance, ranking or any other basis that could imply discrimination.