[plt-scheme] boolean operators on integers

From: Shriram Krishnamurthi (sk at cs.brown.edu)
Date: Sat Jul 12 09:53:37 EDT 2008

1. In Scheme, 0 and 1 are both true values.  Neither of them is false.
In Scheme, only one value is false: #f, or false.

2. In Scheme, AND returns the value of the last expression so long as
it isn't false.

You're seeing the combination of these two behaviors.

Why are you using 0 instead of #f/false to represent a false value?
Or is it that 0 represents falsity in your domain, and you need to map
it to false?  If so, use the code Robby sent.

Shriram


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