Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!lust.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: char to decimal Followup-To: comp.lang.java.programmer Date: Fri, 06 May 2011 18:43:09 +1200 Organization: Geek Central Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <92ea64F3avU1@mid.individual.net> <9pednRnBeuxtPF_QnZ2dnUVZ_uGdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <4dc2b864$0$1468$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <4dc397a8$0$8415$426a74cc@news.free.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: 118-92-95-178.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: lust.ihug.co.nz 1304664189 20287 118.92.95.178 (6 May 2011 06:43:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ihug.co.nz NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 06:43:09 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.4.7 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:3644 In message <4dc397a8$0$8415$426a74cc@news.free.fr>, Mayeul wrote: > On 06/05/2011 01:49, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> In message<4dc2b864$0$1468$426a74cc@news.free.fr>, Mayeul wrote: >> >>> On 05/05/2011 15:59, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >>> >>>> In message<9pednRnBeuxtPF_QnZ2dnUVZ_uGdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Patricia >>>> Shanahan wrote: >>>> >>>>> There is a strong natural association between a character and the >>>>> numeric value of its Unicode representation. There are several >>>>> different ways of mapping between the two Boolean values and integers >>>>> ... >>>> >>>> Only one “strong natural association”, though. >>> >>> Says who? >> >> Most reasonably-designed programming languages. > > I was unaware that any programmaing language, reasonable or not, had > "strong natural association" in mind when deciding on the rules of their > boolean/integer conversion rules. > > That might be because they never had. Or simply that you are unaware.