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The boolean

https://noahkennedy.net/george-boole-the-holy-trinity-and-the-birth-of-the-computer/

George Boole, the Holy Trinity, and the Birth of the Computer

>After Islam erupted out of the Arabian peninsula in the seventh century, Muslim caliphs found themselves ruling over largely Christian populations and, though they were mostly tolerant, were dismissive of the concept of the Trinity and appalled by the dogmatic debates that came with it. “Do not say ‘three,’” an Arabic inscription dating to the late seventh-century Dome of the Rock warns the Christians in Jerusalem, “It is better for you.”

What can't you do with a float that you can do with a boolean? Or, is it the other way around...