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

On 3/25/25 16:41, Keith Thompson wrote:
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Real numbers and floating-point numbers have different meanings, both in
C and in general.

One of the key differences is that all floating point numbers are
rational (except for the special values that mean various kinds of
infinity, and NaNs). Real numbers include the rational numbers and the
irrational ones. Just to confuse the point, some languages use "REAL" to
declare floating point variables.