Re: Integral types and own type definitions (was Re: Suggested method for returning a string from a C program?)

Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:

On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 05:02:45 -0700
Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> wrote:
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Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:

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Wouldn't the term 'whole numbers' be preferred in everyday English?

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"Whole numbers" are all non-negative.
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"Integers" include values less than zero.

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Sounds like English everyday use differs from two other languages that
I know relatively well in both of which "whole" numbers include
negatives.

Addendum:  doing a web search for "whole numbers" turned up several
pages that gave a definition for the term, and in all cases the
set of numbers identified included all and only the non-negative
integers (typical definition was "counting numbers plus zero").