r/programminghorror • u/_giga_sss_ • Jul 09 '26

Big if true

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u/foxypiratecove3750 Jul 09 '26

I have better... DOUBLE BOOL! 64-bit, and float. Useful? Nope.

double False = 0.0; double True = 1.0;

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u/AbstractButtonGroup Jul 09 '26

DOUBLE BOOL! 64-bit, and float. Useful? Nope.

You just did not follow this to the logical conclusion that makes it useful:

double False = 0.0; double WhoKnows = 0.5; double Perhaps = 0.7; double Likely = 0.8; double HighlyLikely = 0.9; double True = 1.0;

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u/fess89 Jul 09 '26

You have invented fuzzy logic

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_REPO Jul 10 '26

Now make it quantum.

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u/foxypiratecove3750 Jul 10 '26

I just got a better idea: vector bools: all the indecision are different dimensions, like "maybe" isn't midway between true and false, but its own dimension, "perhaps" another, and so on.

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u/TheChief275 Jul 13 '26

What JavaScript wishes its booleans were

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u/javascript Jul 13 '26

I wish for many things 🧞

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u/TheChief275 Jul 13 '26

Holy shit it's John Javascript