true = 1

[Joshua Muskovitz]

My guess would be because many things can be true besides the numeral 1.

For example,

Python 2.2 (#28, Dec 21 2001, 12:21:22) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
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IDLE 0.8 -- press F1 for help
>>> true = 1
>>> if true: print "foo"

foo
>>> if ["bar"]: print "foo"

foo
>>> if ["bar"] == true: print "foo"

>>>

sorry-no-spiffy-"ly-yr's"-ly-yr's

-- josh




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