Why didn't C have a boolean data type prior to C99?

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Published on 2010-03-11T15:03:51Z Indexed on 2010/03/11 21:04 UTC
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I realise you can just #define some integers, but why didn't C have a dedicated boolean data type before C99?

It's such a common occurence in programming and logic, I don't understand the absense of an explicit type and notation.

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