Sujet : Re: Integral types and own type definitions (was Re: Suggested method for returning a string from a C program?)
De : Keith.S.Thompson+u (at) *nospam* gmail.com (Keith Thompson)
Groupes : comp.lang.cDate : 26. Mar 2025, 20:42:36
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David Brown <
david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:
On 26/03/2025 10:59, Keith Thompson wrote:
David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:
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Sure. But most people have forgotten such details long ago - negative
numbers are not part of daily life (except as an indicator of how much
you owe the bank...). After all, negative numbers are not natural!
Most people understand credits and debits.
>
They do. But they understand it as "I owe the bank $100" - they don't
view it as "I have -$100 in my bank account".
Better example: temperatures. Most people understand that if the
temperature goes from -10° to +10°, it's gotten 20° warmer.
Let's drop this.
-- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.comvoid Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */