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

On 26/03/2025 20:27, David Brown wrote:

On 26/03/2025 18:25, Richard Heathfield wrote:

On 26/03/2025 16:40, David Brown 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.

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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.

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Yes, but didn't your school education predate Georg Cantor and the
development of set theory?  :-)

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Sedi ad pedes Euleri, ut numeros meos discerem, integros et aliter.
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If you had used the original Greek, rather than Latin, I'd have been
/really/ impressed!

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Quidquid Latine dictum sit, altum videtur.