Why does the code below return true only for a = 1?

Question

Why does the code below return true only for a = 1?

main(){
int a = 10;
if (true == a)
     cout<<"Why am I not getting executed";
}

Answer 1

When a Bool true is converted to an int, it's always converted to 1. Your code is thus, equivalent to:

main(){
   int a = 10;
   if (1 == a)
      cout<<"y i am not getting executed";
   }

This is part of the C++ standard, so it's something you would expect to happen with every C++ standards compliant compiler.