Forgive if this topic is covered extensively in a multitude of different locations, but perhaps this will get everyone thinking fundamental language implementation: why is a Boolean a subset of Integer with 8 bits. Clearly only one bit is needed, so what’s the purpose of dedicating 7 more bits to …

Boolean subtype confusion

joedoewoe2 March 10, 2019, 4:35pm 5

I meant to write subtype not subset

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