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On 5/6/2011 7:07 AM, markspace wrote:

> Overall, I feel the last one, the if-else in Java, is the most clear and
> maintainable. Given your apparent confusing trying to translate the C++
> version literally, I think I'd say that promoting booleans to ints is a
> bad idea, as it produces crap.


And my confusion too, since I think Patricia has the control flow correct.