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 Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:45:50 +0000
Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> wrote:
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On 26/03/2025 14:01, Michael S wrote:
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But your school in UK taught you the same meaning of 'whole
numbers' as James's school in US.

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What makes you think so?

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It seems, he said it himself in one of replies.
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Mine certainly didn't.

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But you are significantly older than David.  Not sure about James.

Unfortunately the sub-conversation has turned into a debate
about what the phrase "whole numbers" does or should mean.
The important point is that different people understand it
differently, and consequently "whole numbers" is not a good
substitute for the word "integers".