---
title: "Code Readability and double negation - not uninteresting!"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/4/14/code-readability-and-double-negation-not-uninteresting.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/4/14/code-readability-and-double-negation-not-uninteresting.html"
published: "2004-04-14T13:23:00"
updated: "2004-04-14T13:23:00"
tags: [".Net Quotations"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Ooh, Omer has a nice question about Code Readability and expressing double negation in seriously harsh conditions (no outside function allowed). go take a side."
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Code Readability and double negation - not uninteresting!

By Roy Osherove April 14, 2004 In [.Net Quotations](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-quotations)

**Historical article** · Originally published April 14, 2004; technical details may be outdated.

Ooh, [Omer has a nice question](http://weblogs.asp.net/okloeten/archive/2004/04/14/113009.aspx) about Code Readability and expressing double negation in seriously harsh conditions (no outside function allowed). go take a side.

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## About the author

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