Re: A double negative

[A S Hodel]

the question from the original poster is answered this way:

octave:1> A = []
A = [](0x0)
octave:2> !A
ans = [](0x0)
octave:3>

So, the question is, if I say nothing at all, am I right (true) or 
wrong (false)?
[Omit springboard to numerous moral dilemmas best discussed in a 
philosophy class.]

I don't think that Octave is the proper venue for us to define that 
answer.

On Friday, March 26, 2004, at 11:32 AM, Jonathan C. Webster wrote:

> Vic Norton wrote:
> > I was going crazy last night trying to debug an octave routine. I 
> > finally found the problem. I had assumed that, if A is false, then ~A 
> > is must be true. My assumption turned out to be false in octave.
>
>
> ]$ octave -q
> octave:1> A = 1
> A = 1
> octave:2> !A
> ans = 0
> octave:3>
>
>
>
>
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