Sujet : Re: Integral types and own type definitions (was Re: Suggested method for returning a string from a C program?)
De : 643-408-1753 (at) *nospam* kylheku.com (Kaz Kylheku)
Groupes : comp.lang.cDate : 26. Mar 2025, 19:52:49
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On 2025-03-26, David Brown <
david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote:
On 26/03/2025 15:45, Richard Heathfield wrote:
On 26/03/2025 14:01, Michael S wrote:
But your school in UK taught you the same meaning of 'whole numbers' as
James's school in US.
What makes you think so? Mine certainly didn't. This thread was the
first time in my life I've ever encountered the rather peculiar notion
that whole numbers exclude negatives. Now that I /have/ encountered that
notion, I see no compelling reason to endorse it.
>
Yes, but didn't your school education predate Georg Cantor and the
development of set theory? :-)
Not just Georg Cantor but the Gregorian Chant.
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