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

On 3/26/25 05:59, Keith Thompson wrote:

David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:
[...]

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.

From my experience, most do not. In particular, if you gave them
examples of a transaction and the relevant accounts, they would have no
idea which accounts should be debited, and which should be credited.