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From: Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Integral types and own type definitions (was Re: Suggested
 method for returning a string from a C program?)
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:49:10 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-03-25, Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thank you.
> Sounds like English everyday use differs from two other languages that
> I know relatively well in both of which "whole" numbers include
> negatives.

The formal English of the *mathematics* domain calls Z+ "whole numbers".

Whole numbers omitting zero are called "natural numbers".

Both the words "natural" and "whole" are not used in their everyday
sense.

(And, arguably, mathematics English also often doesn't use even use
"number" in the everyday sense!)

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