So even though we think of conditions as being Boolean values true or false, really underneath the hood true means anything other than zero.

即使我们考虑,布尔值的真假条件，在底层“真“表示非零。

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So finite number of times can you specify with a condition, as we'll see in a moment.

所以你们可以指定一个条件来表示有穷的次数，我们等下将看到。

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If I took two double stranded DNA molecules and I exposed them to certain conditions that caused them to denature, that means its native structure falls apart.

假如我把两条DNA双链,放在特定的条件下,使它们变性,变性表示使它们的原始结构分开

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So in other words, if thankful is still false at this point, it means this condition did not work out very well, and so I'm going to do this block of code again.

换句话说，如果thankful在这时候还是false值，这表示这个条件没有实现地很好，所以我将再次去处理这段代码。

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