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by IIAOPSW 1599 days ago
"Number of people who have been to Russia" is an integer. "I have been to Russia" is a boolean. Is 5 > True? Depends on what language you work in. Is it useful to overload "greater than" to apply to numerical and booleans like this? Sure. It is not I alone who has been to Russia. There's a great multitude of people who have been to Russia and could tell you more than I could. More people have been to Russia than I have.